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Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

I've been trying to get an application of mine (Quick Clip, simple Python application) packaged up using my Linux desktop, and I need a bit of help.

WARNING: I'm a complete packaging newbie.

From the information I gathered from the Maemo Diablo Reference Manual, I created a folder named quickclip-0.12.0. In it is this:

Code:



debian/

  changelog                                                                                              

  compat                                                                                                 

  control                                                                                                

  control~                                                                                               

  copyright

  cron.d.ex

  dirs

  docs

  emacsen-install.ex

  emacsen-remove.ex

  emacsen-startup.ex

  init.d.ex

  init.d.lsb.ex

  manpage.1.ex

  manpage.sgml.ex

  manpage.xml.ex

  menu.ex

  postinst.ex

  postrm.ex

  preinst.ex

  prerm.ex

  quickclip.default.ex

  quickclip.doc-base.EX

  rules

  watch.ex

etc/

home/

usr/

All the stuff in debian/ was created with dh_make (just from the normal Ubuntu shell prompt, not scratchbox...). The other folders are the proper directory tree of what I want installed. Don't know if this is the correct way to do this...

When I run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot from the scratchbox x86 prompt inside my quickclip-0.12.0 directory, I get this:

Code:

dpkg-buildpackage: source package is quickclip                                  

dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 0.12.0-1                                   

dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by brent User <bchiodo@gmail.com>             

dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386                                       

dpkg-buildpackage: source version without epoch 0.12.0-1                        

: Using Scratchbox tools to satisfy builddeps                                   

 fakeroot debian/rules clean                                                    

dh_testdir                                                                      

dh_testroot                                                                     

rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp                                               

# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.                        

/scratchbox/tools/bin/make clean                                                

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/brent/quickclip-0.12.0'                      

make[1]: *** No rule to make target `clean'.  Stop.                             

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/brent/quickclip-0.12.0'                       

make: *** [clean] Error 2

I didn't do anything to debian/rules; I wouldn't know what needed to be changed...

Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if is just a link to some documentation. Thanks.

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

dh_make assumes you're using a Makefile but as this is a raw python app, I presume you aren't. An easy way to get started is to comment the make lines, and make an file called 'install' in debian/

This file works like this:
file destination
entire_contents_of_ folder destination

So, if you want to install the file "gobbled" which is in the same folder as where the debian folder is to /usr/bin, you'd write in your install file:
gobbled /usr/bin

If you want to install the files in the folder "gobbled_res" (which is in the same location as debian/ is) to /usr/share/gobbled, you'd write:
gobbled_res/ /usr/share/gobbled

Then uncomment dh_install from your rules.
dh_install handles creating dirs automatically.

That is just one way, have fun in finding more! :)

Good luck :)

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

If you have a setup.py file you can add a Makefile with the following in it.

all:
python2.5 setup.py build
clean:
python2.5 setup.py clean --all
install:
python2.5 setup.py install --root $(DESTDIR)

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Thanks for the help qwerty & michaelnt. I do not have a setup.py file, so I'm trying qwerty's method, but I've run into a problem:

I commented out all of the $(MAKE) lines out of rules; I assume that is the correct thing to comment out. Then I created a install file with this:

Code:

etc/ /

home/ /

usr/ /

Please tell me if this is the wrong format. I then uncommented dh_install from rules, but when I run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot, I get this error:

Code:

[sbox-DIABLO_X86: ~/quickclip-0.12.0] > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

dpkg-buildpackage: source package is quickclip

dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 0.12.0-1

dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by brent User <bchiodo@gmail.com>

dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386

dpkg-buildpackage: source version without epoch 0.12.0-1

: Using Scratchbox tools to satisfy builddeps

 fakeroot debian/rules clean

dh_testdir

dh_testroot

rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp

# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.

#/scratchbox/tools/bin/make clean

dh_clean

dh_clean: Sorry, but 5 is the highest compatibility level supported by this debhelper.

make: *** [clean] Error 1

[sbox-DIABLO_X86: ~/quickclip-0.12.0] >

Any more help is greatly appreciated :o

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Run dh_make from scratchbox, not Ubuntu.

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Forget that last post; I changed debian/compat from 7 to 5, and I got past that error (but on to another one). I'm working it..

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 272032)

Run dh_make from scratchbox, not Ubuntu.

Yeah, I was running it from scratchbox, but my compat file was too high (apparently?).

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Ok, one last problem, when running dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot, I get this at the end:

Code:

dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

I get a *.tar.gz file, but no *.deb :(

This website seems to think it has something to do with the clean process. Any ideas?

Thanks :o :o

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Not sure about your error.. but you can clean that up a little and rm -f *.ex *.EX in that debian folder. Those are example files made by the helper package in case you wanted to include something similar.. but are not required and are just bloat.

Have you tried just running:

Quote:

dpkg-deb --build quickclip-0.12.0

from the directory above your quickclick directory? (and make the debian directory DEBIAN).

Just a thought, from here.

ETA:

I think part of the problem here is you are trying to follow the steps to building a debian package, from a source based package. Those steps automagically build the directory structure and everything for you, then compiled the binaries, then build the package, then lintian it.

You have done half of that yourself.. so you're starting from the middle but running the commands meant for the beginning. All you have to do is package the directory and control files you already made (with the command above, or using "fakeroot dpkg-deb --build ...") and then running lintian against it manually will tell you if anything is missing or broken.

I'm no expert at packaging.. this is all what I learned when I was messing with my own repo for Deblet.

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrentDC (Post 272144)

Ok, one last problem, when running dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot, I get this at the end:

Code:

dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

I get a *.tar.gz file, but no *.deb :(

This website seems to think it has something to do with the clean process. Any ideas?

Thanks :o :o

Rename the .orig folder/tarball to whatever you wish for the quick way. But your problem is that a binary file/ non text based file was made (an pyc or pyo?) and -source can't diff that binary file. You can add "rm -f <unnecessary binary file>" to your clean target.