Re: How to create package without source code

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

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, and off he goes.
>
> But I want a debian package, to make it super easy for also unexperienced
> users. To make it more comfortable, I added a menu entry for the desktop.
>
> That is all!
>
> And all this should be in a deb-package, just to make installation super
> super easy for unexperienced users. Experienced users will not need a
> package, this is clear for me.
>
> Best regards
>
> Hans

Thomas also said:
"After investing due effort to find answers myself, i post packaging
questions to
  debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
"

Is it not worth considering that advice?  You might get better answers.

Lisi