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How to make a .deb package ..

Hi, i'm sorry, there is probably a a lot of informations about how to make a debian .deb package to release, but i can't find it. I did port wesnoth 1.6.5 to the n900, and i'd like to package it, so if someone can point me to the right direction !

Thanks in advance,
David.

Re: How to make a .deb package ..

Packaging, Deploying and Distributing

And when time comes to push app to repository.
Maemo Extras Assistant

Re: How to make a .deb package ..

Some more info:

Manual Method

Super Easy Method

Re: How to make a .deb package ..

@Cpasjuste, it may be helpful to get a source of already existing project (e.g. from garage.maemo.org) to see the structure of the catalogs and scripts used.

Re: How to make a .deb package ..

Thanks for the help :)

I'm currently trying this page : http://wiki.maemo.org/Py2deb

I didnt built the package yet with py2deb, but i'm trying to get the proper layout and files on the device. But i have a question : is the dbus "*.service " file really needed even if my application as nothing to do with services ? I'm asking because without it i can see my application under the applications menu, but when i try to launch it, it return to the desktop .. hum hum !

Re: How to make a .deb package ..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cpasjuste (Post 514133)

No.. if your app is not registering as a dbus service you don't need it. Your problem sounds related to your .desktop file.. i'd pay close attention to that. Also running from the command line is always a good idea when testing.

Re: How to make a .deb package ..

Thanks fatalsaint.
I think i will need some help, i did try every think i tought. Here is a summary :

So the sdl application (script to launch the binary) is not launching from application menu. I added (i think) correct .desktop, the exec path is right, and the application launch correctly from terminal under the "user" account. i did replace my wesnoth launching script with a script that echo to a file, and nothing is echo"ed" so i guess the script isn't executed at all when launching my application from the application menu.

Here is a copy of my desktop file :

Code:

Nokia-N900-51-1:/home/opt# cat  /usr/share/applications/hildon/wesnoth.desktop

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Encoding=UTF-8

Name=Battle For Wesnoth

Comment=A fantasy turn-based strategy game

Exec=/opt/wesnoth/bin/wesnoth_n900

Icon=wesnoth

X-Icon-path=/usr/share/icons

X-Window-Icon=wesnoth

Type=Application

X-Osso-Service=com.nokia.wesnoth

X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable

Categories=Games

MimeType=application/game

Terminal=false

Code:

Nokia-N900-51-1:/home/opt# ls -laih /opt/wesnoth/bin/

  98317 drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root         4.0k Feb  7 19:11 .

  98316 drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4.0k Feb  7 12:00 ..

  98318 -rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root        16.8M Feb  7 12:00 wesnoth

  98327 -rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          213 Feb  7 12:07 wesnoth_n900

  98325 -rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root         2.2M Feb  7 12:00 wesnothd

  98330 -rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          214 Feb  7 12:20 wesnothd_n900

Code:

Nokia-N900-51-1:/home/opt# cat /opt/wesnoth/bin/wesnoth_n900 

LD_PRELOAD="/opt/wesnoth/lib/libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0.10.1" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/wesnoth/lib/" /opt/wesnoth/bin/wesnoth --smallgui -f --bpp 16 -r 800x480 /home/user/MyDocs/games/wesnoth_data/ &>/opt/wesnoth/bin/log

I really don't understand :'(

Re: How to make a .deb package ..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cpasjuste (Post 514618)

Here is a copy of my desktop file :

If you don't have a service file, then having a X-Osso-Service entry in your desktop file really doesn't make any sense.