Make .deb package

[JuergeN]

We want to have a DeepaMehta .deb package at some point. Let's find out what we need to do!

Here is a first results of my research: ​http://taksmind.org/?p=20

[silke]

Debian Docs: Packaging Java ​http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/docs/tutorial.html

[silke]

Just gathering information... Creating a .deb from a .bin or .tgz: ​http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/debianjava.htm (which we do not have and which is obsolete from debian squeeze on)

​http://www.tomprogs.at/tutorials/linux/debian-paket-tutorials-01-ein-erstes-paket.xhtml

​http://wiki.debian.org/Java/MavenBuilder

​http://mojo.codehaus.org/deb-maven-plugin/using-deb.html (libraries only, but interesting)

[silke]

Including scripts ​http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html

​http://wiki.debian.org/AccountHandlingInMaintainerScripts

[silke]

Created first very basic .deb package with many wrong/non-standard file permissions. What works: Creation of a deepamehta user during installation.

[silke]

I had a problem to create a pid file in /var/run as deepamehta user. Therefore I changed the init script in the following way:

PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME/$NAME.pid

and added

mkdir -p /var/run/deepamehta
chown -R deepamehta:deepamehta /var/run/deepamehta

in the postinst script.

[silke]

Experiments with the Snapshot

Execute inside the debian dir:

• dch -i

And in the directory deepamehta-4.0.5:

• rm ../deepamehta_4.0.5.orig.tar.gz
• tar -czf ../deepamehta_4.0.5.orig.tar.gz bin/ init/ apache/
• debuild -S -sa
• dput ppa:sil-ke/deepamehta deepamehta_4.0.5-2ubuntu1_source.changes

[silke]

Preconfigured file directory /var/lib/deepamehta/deepamehta-filedir

[JuergeN]

Hi Silke,

congratulations! I just downloaded the package from your PPA website:
​https://launchpad.net/~sil-ke/+archive/deepamehta/+build/2849136

using this URL:
​https://launchpad.net/~sil-ke/+archive/deepamehta/+build/2849136/+files/deepamehta_4.0.5-2ubuntu1_all.deb

Then I installed it with

dpkg -i ~/Downloads/deepamehta_4.0.5-2ubuntu1_all.deb

The package does exactly what I would expect it to do.

[JuergeN]

The package did not get published yet. :(

Maybe this has to do with the selected component? (just a guess):
​https://launchpad.net/~sil-ke/+archive/deepamehta/+build/2849136

main sounds quite official?! But I could not find any further hints on the net so far ...

[silke]

Has been published over night! You're right, contrib would sound more adequat. I could now "copy the files" for 10.10, 11.04 and 11.11. They are now awaiting publication.
You'll then be able to install the 4.0.5-SNAPSHOT in Ubuntu running:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sil-ke/deepamehta
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install deepamehta

(Note2self: Uploading the orig.tar.gz with different contents is impossible -> learn the diff stuff!)

[silke]

Yet another note: Ubuntu is using the upstart system now, I'm still using init...

[silke]

Config files are still not deleted during deinstallation.

dpkg: Warnung: Während Entfernens von deepamehta ist Verzeichnis »/usr/lib/deepamehta/conf« nicht leer, wird daher nicht gelöscht.

And I still have a strange directory mistake:

/usr/lib/deepamehta/conf
/usr/lib/deepamehta/conf/conf

Maybe I ought to symlink single files, not the conf directory...

[JuergeN]

Replying to silke:

Has been published over night!

Yeah! Now I could add your repo and was able to install your package as described. :)

[JuergeN]

Replying to silke:

Config files are still not deleted during deinstallation.

I cannot confirm this! Deinstallation works fine on my computer. Please re-ckech that your machine is not messed up some-how. I will try it on my other computers, and report back.

[JuergeN]

Replying to silke:

Yet another note: Ubuntu is using the upstart system now, I'm still using init...

Upstart is very Ubuntu specific and not used by Debian and other .deb-based distros. On the other hand Ubuntu do still support init. So I would not make any changes to this at the moment until the will be a real need to shift.

[JuergeN]

How about closing this ticket soon and make new ones for new tasks?

[silke]

OK! :-)

[silke]

Create diff:

• keep old orig.tar.gz file
• run debuild -S (not -S -sa which would mean "upload the orig.tar.gz again")
• run dput deepamehta deepamehta_4.0.5-XubuntuX_source.changes

[jri]

Milestone Build .deb Package deleted