How to build Debian packages
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How to build Debian packages - Presentation Transcript
- How to build Debian packages? Talk about Debian, packaging and more... Kartik Mistry Magnet Technologies, Mumbai
- What we will learn?
- About me!
- What is Debian? What are packages?
- Why Debian? Why .deb?
- Building Packages
- Your own packages in Debian aka How to contribute?
- Tips & Tricks
- About me!
- Debian user since 2004 AD
- In NM queue ..
- Leading Gujarati localization team since 2004
- D-I translator for Gujarati
- What is Debian? Why Debian?
- Debian GNU/Linux is one of the oldest Linux distribution
- Known for stability, security and easy upgrades ..
- Best package management system
- Debian Social Contract, DFSG, Debian Policies
- Most Important: Debian Community !
- Packages ..
- Package makes life easy!
- Debian packages are .deb
- Package management is the key
- dpkg
- apt-get power
- Building Debian Packages The Debian design process is open to ensure that the system is of the higest quality and that it reflects the needs of the user community -- The Debian Linux Manifesto
- The basic stuff
- Binary and source packages
- Debian package is,
- Look inside the package ..
- All changes made by Debian stays at debian/ directory
- No touch to upstream original!
- Debian patches are in debian/patches
- Use of dpatch or quilt
- Starting with dh_make
- dh_make tool
- Single, Library, Multibinary, Kernel package
- Inspecting debian/ directory
- debian/*
- debian/changelog
- debian/control
- debian/copyright
- debian/compact
- debian/rules
- We know that debian/rules !
- Basically Makefile
- configure, build, install, binary-indep, binary-arch, binary, clean
- cdbs
- Common Debian Build System
- Magic stuffs!
- Building package finally!
- Extracting the existing package: dpkg-source -X *.dsc
- dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us -sa
- Practical!
- Small demo of package building ..
- pbuilder
- pbuilder = personal builder
- Your package must build on unstable, and you are running stable/testing version ..
- chroot system, works with Ubuntu/Knoppix
- Checking packages
- Quality matters!!
- Lintian and Linda tools
- Install it, it works? Check on different machines
- Debian Policy
- Small silly things ..
- Your own packages in Debian ..
- Only Debian Developers are allowed to upload packages in Debian FTP
- Any one can maintain packages without being Debian Developer
- But, Where to upload?
- mentors.debian.net
- Mentoring NM people
- Finding Sponsors
- Sponsors may have different criteria, so look for it ..
- GPG Key
- GPG Key
- Keysigning Party
- Find Developer to sign your key! (Not neccessary)
- Tips & Tricks
- Must lintian and linda error free
- Look for small things
- Your package really works?
- Copyright is important
- Learn from mistakes
- Resources
- debian.org contains almost everything!
- mentors.debian.net
- Debian New Maitainer Guide
- Debian Policy Manual
- Debian Developer Reference
- #debian-mentors, #debian-devel on irc.oftc.net
- Questions ?
- Thanks!
- Kartik Mistry
- Blog : kartikmistry.org/blog
- Contact : kartik.mistry at gmail.com
- This Presentation/Notes: kartikmistry.org/slides
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