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From: https://github.com/alexmyczko/autoexec.bat/blob/master/Documents/debian-packaging.md

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Notes and other various tutorials on how to package .deb files for Debian based distributions

'''Debian Packaging'''

'''Debian Packaging''' <ref>[https://github.com/alexmyczko/autoexec.bat/blob/master/Documents/debian-packaging.md Debian Packaging]</ref>

:pretty much the same with Ubuntu

:pretty much the same with Ubuntu

:2003-2020 Gürkan Myczko <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch>

:2003-2020 Gürkan Myczko <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch>

First you need to get the source of the software. Then put it in some directory. There you unpack the software, usually

First you need to get the source of the software. Then put it in some directory. There you unpack the software, usually

   $ tar xzvf software-2.1.tar.gz

   tar xzvf software-2.1.tar.gz

   $ ln -s software-2.1.tar.gz software_2.1.orig.tar.gz

   ln -s software-2.1.tar.gz software_2.1.orig.tar.gz

   $ cd software-2.1/

   cd software-2.1/

   $ dh_make

   dh_make

'''dh_make''' will make a directory called '''debian/''' with a few files in it. Now your task is to fill them. I usually start with '''control''', then edit '''copyright'''. There is also '''changelog''', '''rules''', '''dirs''' and more. In '''rules''' you will find some '''dh''' commands, they are all from debhelper. Each of them has a manpage, please refer to '''man debhelper''' for details, as well as the Debian New Maintainers' Guide. Read more about the Debian Policy Manual. Updating the '''debian/changelog''' is done with '''dch''' or debchange (symlink).

'''dh_make''' will make a directory called '''debian/''' with a few files in it. Now your task is to fill them. I usually start with '''control''', then edit '''copyright'''. There is also '''changelog''', '''rules''', '''dirs''' and more. In '''rules''' you will find some '''dh''' commands, they are all from debhelper. Each of them has a manpage, please refer to '''man debhelper''' for details, as well as the Debian New Maintainers' Guide. Read more about the Debian Policy Manual. Updating the '''debian/changelog''' is done with '''dch''' or debchange (symlink).

:Tagging the package is also a good idea: https://debtags.debian.org/

:Tagging the package is also a good idea: https://debtags.debian.org/

:Check Lintian output: https://lintian.debian.org/

:Check Lintian output: https://lintian.debian.org/

:I did not go into detail with `debian/watch`.

:I did not go into detail with '''debian/watch'''.

:Make sure it builds on as many architectures as possible: https://buildd.debian.org/

:Make sure it builds on as many architectures as possible: https://buildd.debian.org/

:If your software works with data files, that can be detected with the file(5) utility, send patches for its detection.

:If your software works with data files, that can be detected with the file(5) utility, send patches for its detection.

:flatpak/flathub: https://flatpak.org/ / https://flathub.org/

:flatpak/flathub: https://flatpak.org/ / https://flathub.org/

:Ubuntu Snap: https://snapcraft.io/

:Ubuntu Snap: https://snapcraft.io/