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| − | this class should give a basic understanding of how to build a debian package from some common types of source tarballs or repositories. | + | ===overview=== |
| + | this class should give a basic understanding of how to build a debian package from some common types of source tarballs or repositories, with the assistance of several helper utilities. | ||
| − | ===prerequisites=== | + | ===background=== |
| + | ====prerequisites==== | ||
* basic familiarity with [[Basic_Linux_Command_Line_for_Builders|commandline]] | * basic familiarity with [[Basic_Linux_Command_Line_for_Builders|commandline]] | ||
* basic familiarity with [[Where_Is_Everything|linux]] | * basic familiarity with [[Where_Is_Everything|linux]] | ||
| − | ===suggested background=== | + | ====suggested background==== |
* rudimentary understanding of building and compiling software | * rudimentary understanding of building and compiling software | ||
* basic understanding of apt and dpkg | * basic understanding of apt and dpkg | ||
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* add cdbs to build-depends or build-depends-indep debian/control | * add cdbs to build-depends or build-depends-indep debian/control | ||
====debuild==== | ====debuild==== | ||
| − | * commandline arguments: -us | + | * commandline arguments: -uc -us |
| − | + | ====basic troubleshooting==== | |
| − | + | * build dependencies | |
| − | + | * package dependencies | |
| − | + | ** install in a clean debian base-install | |
| − | + | ** pbuilder/sbuild | |
====lintian==== | ====lintian==== | ||
* debian policy checker | * debian policy checker | ||
| − | ===additional and related topics | + | ===additional and related topics=== |
* [[Debian_Package_Repositories]] | * [[Debian_Package_Repositories]] | ||
* gnupg-signed packages | * gnupg-signed packages | ||
[[Category:Classes]] | [[Category:Classes]] | ||
Revision as of 10:09, 9 December 2005
overview
this class should give a basic understanding of how to build a debian package from some common types of source tarballs or repositories, with the assistance of several helper utilities.
background
prerequisites
- basic familiarity with commandline
- basic familiarity with linux
suggested background
- rudimentary understanding of building and compiling software
- basic understanding of apt and dpkg
- basic understanding of cvs or subversion
topics covered
finding software
- is it already packaged:
- packages.debian.org
- other sources of software:
- freshmeat.net
- sourceforge.net
- google.com
environment variables
- DEBEMAIL
- DEBFULLNAME
creating debian directory
- using dh_make (package dh-make)
- dh-make-perl
contents of a debian directory
- copyright
- changelog
- dch
- version
- release
- control
- rules
- other files
- *.installi
- *.manpages
- *.examples
- *.init
- *.postinst
- other examples: *.ex and *.EX files
cdbs basics:
- magic snippet for a complete debian/rules file:
#!/usr/bin/make -f # uncomment the next line if using a makefile-based source #include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
- add cdbs to build-depends or build-depends-indep debian/control
debuild
- commandline arguments: -uc -us
basic troubleshooting
- build dependencies
- package dependencies
- install in a clean debian base-install
- pbuilder/sbuild
lintian
- debian policy checker
- Debian_Package_Repositories
- gnupg-signed packages