Making a deb package

William Muriithi william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Feb 16 17:47:38 UTC 2012


Lennart/Christopher,

Thanks for the information.  Really appreciated
>
> Under the circumstances, Lennart has described a good "short-circuit"
> to let you get your result without much effort.

I like the short cuts, I will be trying Lennart suggestion first.
>
> I'll point out the documentation for building new Debian packages.
>   http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/
>
> The structure is a bit more complicated than just having a "control" file.
>   http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dreq.en.html
>
> There can be considerably more complications, if need be:
>   http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html
>
> More complications are needful because it's not merely about "building
> a package," it's about integrating a package into a distribution.

I know, thats why I was looking for the current control file in use
with the distribution as starting one from scratch would be too
involving.

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Thanks again guys

William
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