The simplest way is to use Debreate.
But if you encounter issues its a bit harder to trouble shoot.
To do it manually follow these two guides:
The first guide shows you the basics needed.
The seconded guide goes into more details and helps make the .deb lintian complaint.
One thing missing from both guides is:
This is needed for the package to be lintian complaint.
You can find out the size by CD'ing into the project folder and running:
This will give you the correct value to enter into the control file.
Example of a control file:
The other thing missing from the guides is info about permissions.
You need to make sure all the files have the correct value of 755.
This isn't pointed out in the first guide but is spoke about in the seconded guide.
You must run fakeroot when creating the .deb
Once the package is created run:
And see if there is any errors.
If there are. You can add them to the overrides file to be ignored:
(Info about overrides can be found in the seconded guide)
Example of a overrides file:
Just read up on the errors to make sure that overriding them won't have any negative effects.
But if you encounter issues its a bit harder to trouble shoot.
To do it manually follow these two guides:
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=910717&p=5728953
- https://praxisintermedia.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/packaging-as-a-deb/
The first guide shows you the basics needed.
The seconded guide goes into more details and helps make the .deb lintian complaint.
One thing missing from both guides is:
Code:
Installed-Size:This is needed for the package to be lintian complaint.
You can find out the size by CD'ing into the project folder and running:
Code:
du -sThis will give you the correct value to enter into the control file.
Example of a control file:
Code:
Package: pinguybuilder
Version: 4.3-2
Architecture: all
Maintainer: pinguy <antoni.normang@gmail.com>
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Depends: memtest86+, coreutils, dialog, mkisofs | genisoimage, findutils, bash, passwd, sed, squashfs-tools, casper, rsync, mount, eject, libdebian-installer4, os-prober, ubiquity-frontend-debconf, user-setup, discover, laptop-detect, syslinux, syslinux-common, util-linux, xresprobe, aufs-tools | unionfs-fuse, dpkg-dev, python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2), python-glade2, python-vte, plymouth-x11
Description: This script creates a livecd of the installed system and works with *buntu systems.
You can either make a distributable livecd or a backup of your system.
Installed-Size: 11752The other thing missing from the guides is info about permissions.
You need to make sure all the files have the correct value of 755.
Code:
sudo chmod 755 -R <your-package-directory>This isn't pointed out in the first guide but is spoke about in the seconded guide.
You must run fakeroot when creating the .deb
Code:
fakeroot dpkg-deb -b <your-package-directory>Once the package is created run:
Code:
lintian <your-package-deb>And see if there is any errors.
If there are. You can add them to the overrides file to be ignored:
(Info about overrides can be found in the seconded guide)
Code:
<your-package-directory>/usr/share/lintian/overrides/<package-name>Example of a overrides file:
Code:
package-name: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object
package-name: missing-dependency-on-libc
package-name: debian-changelog-file-missing
package-name: extended-description-is-emptyJust read up on the errors to make sure that overriding them won't have any negative effects.