Making a deb package

[Tyler Aviss]

you could extract both files and control from an existing package using:
mkdir packagename
dpkg -x package.deb packagename
mkdir packagename/DEBIAN
dpkg -e package.deb packagename/DEBIAN

then update as needed and repackage:
dpkg-deb -b packagename
On Feb 16, 2012 8:26 AM, "William Muriithi" <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been able to package software into rpm in the past but have not
> had the opportunity to package source code into deb package format
> till this morning. I am wondering if anybody here has forward a
> reliable documentation to assist
>
> My hope is to get apache version 2.2.22 that I can use to update the
> distribution provided apache, which is a little behind.  I couple of
> things I have noticed.
>
> On RedHat, I usually download a source RPM and then uses the source
> spec file as a starting point.  I am having problem finding an
> equivalent file do the deb package.  I believe its called control file
> on Debian based system.
>
> Anyone done this before and would know where I could locate it?
>
> Regards,
>
> William
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