Debian

Building debian packages

• https://github.com/phusion/debian-packaging-for-the-modern-developer
• https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2016-pragmatic-debian-packaging
• https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/

Preparation

apt-get install -y devscripts gdebi-core build-essential

Using dpkg-buildpackage

debian/control

Source: hello
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Maintainer: John Doe <[email protected]>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)

Package: hello
Architecture: all
Depends: python
Description: John's hello package
           John's package is written in Python
           and prints a greeting.
           .
           It is awesome.

debian/changelog

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-dpkgchangelog

hello (2.0.0-1) stretch; urgency=medium

  ,,* Initial packaging work with dpkg-buildpackage.

 -- John Doe <[email protected]>  Thu, 06 Jul 2017 09:19:24 +0000

debian/compat

echo 10 > debian/compat

debian/rules

The rules file is a Makefile. Must contain three targets:

• clean -- remove all compilation products
• build -- compile the application
• binary -- create a package root directory, debian/<source package name>

#!/usr/bin/make -f

clean:
  @# Do nothing

build:
  @# Do nothing

binary:
  mkdir -p debian/hello
  mkdir -p debian/hello/usr/bin
  cp hello debian/hello/usr/bin/
  dh_gencontrol
  dh_builddeb

Using debhelper

debian/rules

#!/usr/bin/make -f

PACKAGEVERSION=1.2.3

%:
  dh $@

# remove compilation products
override_dh_auto_clean:

# compile application if necessary
override_dh_auto_build:

# install application into the package root directory
override_dh_auto_install:

# override package version
override_dh_gencontrol:
  dh_gencontrol -- -v$(PACKAGEVERSION)

Systemd integration

debian/control

Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-systemd

debian/rules

%:
  dh $@ --with=systemd

debian/package.service

systemd service file