{"id":13,"date":"2008-07-28T15:47:25","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T19:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/?p=13"},"modified":"2010-07-21T20:03:51","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T01:03:51","slug":"building-deb-packages-on-ubuntudebian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2008\/07\/28\/building-deb-packages-on-ubuntudebian\/","title":{"rendered":"Building .deb packages on Ubuntu\/Debian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wanted to create your very own .deb packages for Ubuntu and Debian? Well, here’s a guide to tell you how in 10 easy steps!<\/p>\n

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  1. Create the directory to hold the package by using:
    \nmkdir package<\/li>\n
  2. Change into the package directory:
    \ncd package\/<\/li>\n
  3. Make the package file system. For example, any files you put into the usr folder in this folder will go to \/usr when installed. You can create them as necessary.
    \nmkdir usr
    \nmkdir usr\/bin
    \nmkdir usr\/lib
    \nmkdir etc<\/li>\n
  4. Copy the application files to the appropriate directories; For example, if you want file FooBar.sh to be installed in \/usr\/bin, copy FooBar.sh to the usr\/bin folder. Below is a demo, assuming no dependencies.
    \n<\/strong>cp \/path\/to\/files\/a.sh usr\/bin
    \ncp \/path\/to\/files\/a.conf etc
    \ncp \/path\/to\/files\/liba-4.so usr\/lib<\/li>\n
  5. (required) <\/strong>Create the Debian control file. There is a specification file here: http:\/\/www.debian.org\/doc\/debian-policy\/ch-controlfields.html<\/a>
    \ntouch DEBIAN\/control
    \neditor-of-your-choice <\/em>DEBIAN\/control<\/li>\n
  6. (optional)<\/strong> Create the postinstall file. This file is exectuted during the installation. Note that this file should be a shell script.
    \ntouch DEBIAN\/postinstall
    \neditor-of-your-choice<\/em> DEBIAN\/postinstall<\/li>\n
  7. (optional) <\/strong>Create the prerm file. This file is executed during the removal of this package. Note that this file should be a shell script.
    \ntouch DEBIAN\/prerm
    \neditor-of-your-choice<\/em> DEBIAN\/prerm<\/li>\n
  8. You’re almost ready to create the package! Change into the parent directory to begin.
    \ncd ..<\/li>\n
  9. Now we can finally begin! This may take from 2 seconds to 24 hours, depending on the size of the package and the speed of your computer.
    \ndpkg-deb –build package<\/li>\n
  10. You’re done! The package is package.deb. To install it:
    \ndpkg –install package.deb<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ever wanted to create your very own .deb packages for Ubuntu and Debian? Well, here’s a guide to tell you how in 10 easy steps! Create the directory to hold the package by using: mkdir package Change into the package directory: cd package\/ Make the package file system. For example, any files you put into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}