Basic packaging

Configuration files

All the commands in this guide assumes that you're using these configuration files.

Starting a new package

We use the packages/ folder from this repo to store sources:

mkdir packages/$package
cd packages/$package

Getting the debianized source

Using dget:

dget $remote_dsc
cd $package*

Using apt-get:

apt-get source package

Checking the source

See checking.md.

Extracting the source

If needed, do this after your successfully verified the sources:

dpkg-source -x *.dsc

Getting dependencies

To get:

apt-get build-dep package

To remove:

hydractl remove-dep package

Another way to get dependencies:

aptitude search '!~i?reverse-depends("^package$")' -F "%p" | xargs aptitude install -y

References:

• How to install only the dependencies of a package? - Ask Ubuntu
• How to list/download the recursive dependencies of a debian package? - Stack Overflow

Creating the debian/ structure

If the package wasn't debianized, proceed with

if [ ! -d "debian" ]; then
  dh_make -p ${package}_${version} --createorig
fi

Simple build

dch -i
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -sa -k$KEY_ID

Creating a new debian source

cd ..
dpkg-source -b $package*
debsign $package*.dsc

Building and signing

To generate signatures, remove -uc and -us from dpkg-buildpackage (see Complete build):

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

To sign using an specific key:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -kKEY_ID