Re: Basic tutorial for packaging
Thanks for the suggestions and links. I am going to try the simpler
method first.
On 9 August 2011 12:30, Chris Warburton <chriswarbo@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 August 2011 10:50:31 Rudolf Vavruch wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to package some PHP apps, for starters just something I can
>> copy somewhere and run "dpkg -i" on, but with the intention of setting
>> up my own private repository in the future. Neither the packages nor
>> the repository will be open to the public.
>>
>> I have made some RPMs, but it seems DEBs are a far more complicated
>> beast - and I have absolutely no experience with them.
>>
>> I have been reading various articles, for example
>> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School/PackagingWithoutCompiling), but I
>> am still lost. The afore mentioned article leaves me with a bunch of
>> text files and directories, which is clearly not a deb, and I am not
>> sure whether the files I have are even in the correct directories. I
>> have read other articles that assume I'm trying to package C code that
>> needs to be compiled first.
>>
>> I feel like I am wasting my time randomly stumbling around the web
>> looking for the right information. Is it possible that someone could
>> direct me to a basic tutorial about packaging, from start to finished
>> deb, and packaging PHP apps
>> in particular? Maybe even throw in something about setting up cron
>> jobs with a deb? It would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Rudolf
>
> Debs aren't particularly difficult, but following Debian guidelines can be. If
> you don't intend these packages to go into Debian then you can forget the
> guidelines as long as the resulting packages work.
>
> A really simple way to make debs is to simply make a folder/file structure
> like the following (Google for what to put in "control"):
>
> my_pkg/
> DEBIAN/
> control
> usr/
> bin/
> foo
>
> Then simply run a command like "dpkg-deb --build my_pkg" to create the
> package. In this case it will install the file /usr/bin/foo. See here for a
> quick guide
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO
>
> Everything else to do with packaging boils down to a) handling things that
> need compiling, b) automating a lot of the maintainence and c) best practices
> and policy compliance. For PHP apps you don't need to care about (a), as for
> (b) and (c) you can do as little or as much as you think is worth it.
>
> A more comprehensive guide can be found here, which covers things like extra
> configuration files (for cron, etc.), but its example is a C program that
> needs compiling, rather than interpreted PHP
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
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