Difference between revisions of "Basic Debian Packaging"

Revision as of 19:13, 8 December 2005

this class should give a basic understanding of how to build a debian package from some common types of source tarballs or repositories.

prerequisites:

basic familiarity with [Basic_Linux_Command_Line_for_Builders|commandline]
basic familiarity with linux: [Where_Is_Everything]

suggestions:

rudimentary understanding of building and compiling software
basic understanding of apt and dpkg

topics covered:

finding software
- freshmeat.net
- sourceforge.net
- google.com
environment variables
- DEBEMAIL
- DEBFULLNAME
dh_make
- copyright
- changelog
- control
  - dch
  - version
  - release
- rules
- other files
  - *.installi
  - *.manpages
  - *.examples
  - *.init
  - *.postinst
- other examples: *.ex and *.EX files
cdbs basics:
- magic snippet for debian/rules file:

#!/usr/bin/make -f
# comment out the next line if using a makefile-based source distribution 
#include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk
include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk

debuild
basic troubleshooting
- build dependencies
lintian
- debian policy

additional and related topics:

[Debian_Package_Repositories]
gnupg-signed packages

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-basic class covering using dh_make and cdbs to build debian packages from existing sources.
+this class should give a basic understanding of how to build a debian package from some common types of source tarballs or repositories.
+prerequisites:
+* basic familiarity with [Basic_Linux_Command_Line_for_Builders|commandline]
+* basic familiarity with linux: [Where_Is_Everything]
+suggestions:
+* rudimentary understanding of building and compiling software
+* basic understanding of apt and dpkg
+topics covered:
+* finding software
+** freshmeat.net
+** sourceforge.net
+** google.com
+* environment variables
+** DEBEMAIL
+** DEBFULLNAME
+* dh_make
+** copyright
+** changelog
+** control
+*** dch
+*** version
+*** release
+** rules
+** other files
+*** *.installi
+*** *.manpages
+*** *.examples
+*** *.init
+*** *.postinst
+** other examples: *.ex and *.EX files
+* cdbs basics:
+** magic snippet for debian/rules file:
+ #!/usr/bin/make -f
+ # comment out the next line if using a makefile-based source distribution
+ #include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk
+ include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
+* debuild
+* basic troubleshooting
+** build dependencies
+* lintian
+** debian policy
+additional and related topics:
+* [Debian_Package_Repositories]
+* gnupg-signed packages
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Difference between revisions of "Basic Debian Packaging"

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