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By: How To Create A .DEB Package [Ubuntu / Debian] | TuxWire : The Linux Blog

How To Create A .DEB Package [Ubuntu / Debian] | TuxWire : The Linux Blog — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:02:44 +0000

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By: Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-)

Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:12:34 +0000

@Hernan

Hi!
You should take a look at debsign(1) which is used to sign a Debian changes and dsc file pair using GPG/PGP.
It is provided by the devscripts package.
Cheers,
Ignace M -ghantoos-

By: Hernan

Hernan — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:58:28 +0000

hi
I made some debian packages in the past but not signed. I would like to know if it is posible to sign the packages without having to make them again.
Thanks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:38:08 +0000

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By: Keul

Keul — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:47:38 +0000

I needed to change something (I get an error using the –prune option; he says isn’t existings) but at the end I have my Debian package!
Thanks! Very good tutorial!

By: 29a

29a — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:39:48 +0000

This was very useful, thank you :)

By: hari

hari — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:18:49 +0000

My head is starting to spin slightly after reading up some tutorials on Debian packaging. I’m a Debian user for 7 – 8 years and I’m writing a Python script. I simply want to package it without any fuss…

However, all this is so very confusing… Why not simply automate distutils to create a .deb package like it does with .rpm?

I guess after reading so MANY tutorials I am still not sure which is the right way to package for Debian?

By: Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-)

Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:32:15 +0000

Hello Bruno,

I’m glad the tutorial helped you.

dh_testroot simply checks to see if you are root. If not, it exits with an error.

To prevent this error, you can use fakeroot:
$ fakeroot ./debian/rules clean

Hope this helps,
Ignace M -ghantoos-

By: Bruno

Bruno — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:51:27 +0000

Hello and thanks for this very usefull tutorial!

I managed to build packages, but I get the following error when trying to clean and don’t see how to fix it.

dh_testroot: You must run this as root (or use fakeroot).
make[1]: *** [testroot] Error 1

The thing is using fakeroot is only for building, not cleaning so I don’t really understand this msg…

Any idea ?

By: Josh cronemeyer

Josh cronemeyer — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:47:31 +0000

I blogged about this post awhile back and added information about how to create source debs. This gives you the ability to use launchpad’s PPA feature which makes it easier to distribute your software. Hope that helps somebody.

http://www.cuberick.com/2009/01/creating-launchpad-ppa-for-simple.html

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By: Tobu

Tobu — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:50:04 +0000

Pas mal, merci de répandre la bonne parole!

By: Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-)

Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-) — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:49:14 +0000

This article has been updated on May 25th 2009.
Changelog:
– simplified the debian/rules file by using CDBS (Thank you Tobu for the tip!)
– updated standards versions
– added debian/watch file
– added license check
– updated lintian check flags
– old Makefile was building debian native package. This has been corrected.
– other minor corrections

Cheers,
Ignace M -ghantoos-

By: Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-)

Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-) — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:01:37 +0000

@Evan

I’m glad I was able to help. :)

Ignace M -ghantoos-

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:05:25 +0000

Hey there — just want to thank you for this great guide. This was just the how-to I was looking for.