Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Hans
Hi Brian, > > URI, please. > sorry, there is no URL to download it at the moment (my site is down). I attached the files to the message I sent to mentors. > Becuase, up until now, nobody has packaged and submitted it. Hmm, so kali-linux is not debian, I understand. But as it is in kali, it

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Brian
On Wed 27 Jul 2016 at 18:47:34 +0200, Hans wrote: > package is made and upoaded to mentors.debian.org. Thanks for all the help so > far. It is my first self-made package. URI, please. > Meanwhile I heard, there is already a sakis3g-package in kali-linux, so > someone was faster than me.

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Hans
Hi folks, package is made and upoaded to mentors.debian.org. Thanks for all the help so far. It is my first self-made package. Meanwhile I heard, there is already a sakis3g-package in kali-linux, so someone was faster than me. However, I am wondering, why it is not in debian. Whatever, the

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Brian
On Wed 27 Jul 2016 at 09:39:04 +0200, Hans wrote: > I want to create a debian package with my own additions (added an icon > and a button for the kde-menu, changed groups and user rights). > > But there is a problem: > > The file is just a script. I read in the dokus, and all told, they > want

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2016-07-27 11:29 +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi Sven, > > great, your foo-file helped me a lot, the package is almost finished. > I can build it now. YES! > > However, the installed package is still root:root, but should be root:dig. > I suppose, this can be preset? Or do I have to edit the

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have you tried xenity yet? On Wed, 27 Jul 2016, Hans wrote: Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:39:04 From: Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: How to create package without source code Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:39:25 + (UTC) Resent-From: debia

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 07/27/2016 10:49 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2016-07-27 10:14 +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > >> Here is the manual describing how to build binary packages: >> >> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/ > > This is over ten years old and only for

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Hans
Hi Sven, great, your foo-file helped me a lot, the package is almost finished. I can build it now. YES! However, the installed package is still root:root, but should be root:dig. I suppose, this can be preset? Or do I have to edit the packages manually after the build? > > I have attached a

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Thomas also said: > "After investing due effort to find answers myself, i post packaging > questions to > debian-ment...@lists.debian.org > Is it not worth considering that advice? We seem still in the 'due effort' stage. Sven's skeleton package would be my best bet to

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Hans
Hi Lisi, > > Is it not worth considering that advice? You might get better answers. > of course. And if I am stuck, I will do that. However, Sven Joachim sent me a foo.file, which helped me a lot. At the moment I am testing and reading the manuals of dh_install. I already made the

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Hans wrote: > this doesn't help me at all. All manuals I read assume, I have a programm in > source code. But I repeat: it is just a shell script! This assumption includes the possibility of zero source code, which needs no further preparation. A Makefile would be a way to interface with

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 27 July 2016 09:36:13 Hans wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > this doesn't help me at all. All manuals I read assume, I have a programm > in source code. But I repeat: it is just a shell script! > > Of course, each user can download it, put it below /usr/bin/, set manually > owners to root:dig,

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2016-07-27 10:14 +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > Here is the manual describing how to build binary packages: > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/ This is over ten years old and only for hardcore users. Creating a source package (even if it's just

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Tom Grace
On 27/07/2016 09:24, Hans wrote: However, I did not quit understand. Can I add several files instead of a single one? And will it preserve rights, as I set? Yes, both these are possible - have a look at the Wiki for more examples https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/wiki

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2016-07-27 09:39 +0200, Hans wrote: > I want to create a debian package with my own additions (added an icon and a > button for the kde-menu, changed groups and user rights). > > But there is a problem: > > The file is just a script. I read in the dokus, and all told, they want to > compile

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Hans
Hi Thomas, this doesn't help me at all. All manuals I read assume, I have a programm in source code. But I repeat: it is just a shell script! Of course, each user can download it, put it below /usr/bin/, set manually owners to root:dig, and off he goes. But I want a debian package, to make it

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 07/27/2016 09:39 AM, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I want to create a debian package with my own additions (added an icon and a > button for the kde-menu, changed groups and user rights). > > But there is a problem: > > The file is just a script. I read in the dokus, and all told, they want

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Hans
Hi Tom, sounds good at a first view. > It's sort of cheating, and wouldn't allow you to upload to the Debian > archive, but for personal/internal use something like FPM might work. > See https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/wiki/PackageSimpleFiles for an > example. However, I did not quit

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > I read in the dokus, Did you already read https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/first.en.html especially https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/first.en.html#simplemake ? It should be possible to make a Makefile that makes nothing. E.g.: (echo "all:" ; echo

Re: How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Tom Grace
On 27/07/2016 08:39, Hans wrote: The file is just a script. I read in the dokus, and all told, they want to compile somehow. I imagine, to pack all the files with the correct user rights into a folder, then pack it into maybe *.tgz and then change it somehow into a *.deb. Maybe there is a more

How to create package without source code

2016-07-27 Thread Hans
Hi folks, I want to create a debian package with my own additions (added an icon and a button for the kde-menu, changed groups and user rights). But there is a problem: The file is just a script. I read in the dokus, and all told, they want to compile somehow. I imagine, to pack all the