On 17 August 2015 at 20:40, Craig Bakalian <craigbakal...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am teaching my son how to program in c++. We created a project and > implemented it that is a tangram puzzle. It is actually very nice. I am > the programmer "back in the day" who created the first tangram puzzles on a > iMac using objective-c and cocoa, about 20 years ago. > > Anyway, we, my son and I, want to publish the thing on Ubuntu Software > Centre. I know I have to create a deb package, and I am not a technology > idiot and yet I find the task daunting and obfuscated. I am struggling with > the logic. >
yes, it is a daunting and obfuscated task to un-initiated. Even today, after years doing it, i wonder why it is so hard? it does get better, and e.g. things today are by miles easier than they used to be. ... yet still, they are really daunting and obfuscated. > Does the package have to contain source code, in our case it is a qt > project? > Does a deb package actually build the code and install it on the users > system? > Does the package have to contain a makefile? > Does the package have to contain a qmake file? > What is the relationship of bazaar and the deb package? > > the example on the web page listed > http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html has a config > file. Must there be a config file in the package? > > Craig Bakalian > > > -- > Ubuntu-motu mailing list > Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu -- Regards, Dimitri. -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
