Re: Example package
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Ian Bicking <bickiia@earlham.edu> writes:
> I think it would all be clear if I just had a tar of a directory tree
> that was set up to make a package (like hello). Is it possible to
> deconstruct hello.deb, or is there source somewhere...?
I'm a newbie at this too, but here's what I have learned:
The source should be in the distribution tree, probably someplace like
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/hamm/main/source/misc/
(I probably have some parts of that path wrong, it might be easier to
get it off the web pages :) You need all three files, the
.orig.tar.gz, the .diff.gz, and the .dsc. Put them all in a
directory, do 'dpkg-source -x <file.dsc>' to unpack them, and enjoy.
The "Developers Corner" on the website has a couple of documents which
talk about the basics of creating a package. Hint: use deb-make or
debhelper (which is apparently the preferred thing to use now) to do
the hard work :) Using deb-make, it took me about five minutes to make
a basic binary package... deb-make, edit a couple of files, fix the
makefile to install stuff in the right place, su, and 'build'...
Good luck,
- --Rob
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Rob Tillotson N9MTB Internet: rob@io.com
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