[aklug] Re: making a source package in ubuntu

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> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]=20
> On Behalf Of barsalou
> Sent: Thursday, 05 February, 2009 12:43
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: [aklug] making a source package in ubuntu
>=20
> Has anyone built a source package using ubuntu?
>=20
> I need to update a couple of packages, but I'd like to keep=20
> it "clean" =20
> by creating some packages that apt-get can use.
>=20
> So if anyone has experience on this...let me know.
>=20
> Mike B.

IIRC Ubuntu has "checkinstall" and you can use that for one-off debs.

I've always just done dpkg-buildpackage for things that I want to turn
into debs that aren't packaged for Debian. (ntfs-config, mod_auth_ntlm,
etc.)

I've seen dpkg-buildpackage referenced in Ubuntu lists, so the process
should be very similar to the process for making Debian packages from
source tarballs. The manual on how to do that is here:

http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/

Note that this manual assumes you're packaging something for other
people to use so gets into policy. If you just want a .deb that you can
use internally in your organization, you can shorten the process by
quite a bit.

James Zuelow....................CBJ MIS (907)586-0236
Network Specialist...Registered Linux User No. 186591=20
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Received on Thu Feb 5 14:18:05 2009