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BrentDC

2009-03-15 19:45

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.

qwerty12

2009-03-15 20:04

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 :)

michaelnt

2009-03-16 09:25

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)

BrentDC

2009-03-16 16:04

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

qwerty12

2009-03-16 16:12

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Run dh_make from scratchbox, not Ubuntu.

BrentDC

2009-03-16 16:13

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..

BrentDC

2009-03-16 16:14

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?).

BrentDC

2009-03-16 20:44

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

fatalsaint

2009-03-16 20:53

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

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.

qwerty12

2009-03-16 21:07

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.

jeremiah

2009-03-17 00:17

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

My first concern about the link you posted is what it says at the top;

"Warning: This article is out of date and should not be used for creating new packages."

It then goes on to point to the Debian New Maintainer's guide, which is the canonical, in fact the only reliable, guide to packaging debs. Do begin here since Maemo relies on debs being built first, then modifying the deb slightly to fit maemo.

If you are still getting errors, you can mail me at jeremiah@maemo.org and I'll see if I can help. One of my goals is to create a python packaging howto so maybe we can work on that. :^)

Regards,

Jeremiah

fatalsaint

2009-03-17 00:34

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Only thing I don't like about the New Maintainers Guide, from what I've read, is it pretty much assumes you're dealing with a source package (.tar.gz) to be used with automake...

In this case of Python/perl things.. there is no source package. The source IS the binaries. All you need to do is make your structure, create a control/copywrite/changelog file, and make the package.

Seems it would be a bit easier than the dh_make method of doing things..

BrentDC

2009-03-17 01:57

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Hello Jeremiah, welcome to the community :-)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremiah (Post 272192)

I just got that website via a google of the error I received; I wasn't using it as a guide or anything, frankly I haven't been using any guide.

The main reason I picked the Python language to use for my program is that it's easy to use. And so far packaging via Pypackager was easy, too. But now that I want to get this thing uploaded to Extras, it has become a major hassle.

Quote:

If you are still getting errors, you can mail me at jeremiah@maemo.org and I'll see if I can help. One of my goals is to create a python packaging howto so maybe we can work on that. :^)

I think creating a python packaging howto would be great, especially considering a lot of newbie programmers (like myself) use this language. Those that use C, probably are already familiar with the make, build, and configure steps, so packaging probably seems a lot more logical; while to a python programmer like myself, it's basically like greek.

BrentDC

2009-03-17 16:03

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 272149)

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:

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.

Yesterday I missed the best part -- the ETA! So today I just skipped the dpkg-buildpackage step and ran your command and it built the deb fine. Thanks! The only thing that is broken now is the icon, it doesn't show in the AM...

fatalsaint

2009-03-17 16:37

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

For icons there might be a command you need to run to update the icon cache...

gtk-update-icon-cache I think???

If that works.. what you'll want to do is include a postinst script in your debian package that runs that command. The postinst will execute, as it's name implies, after the installation of the package automatically.

Or.. might be something as simple as making sure your path is the correct path to the system icon files?

BrentDC

2009-03-17 17:20

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 272333)

Actually, I was referring to the 26x26 icon that appears in the application manager; I took a png and converted it to base 64 via:

Code:

openssl base64 -in quick_clip.png -out quick_clip.txt

I copied that text into my control file, into the XB-Maemo-Icon-26: field (making sure that I put a space in front of each newline), but it doesn't show up. I think I did everything correctly...(I used openssl instead of uuencode because uuencode wasn't installed in either Ubuntu or Scratchbox).

fatalsaint

2009-03-17 17:37

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Ah.. well that's a little beyond me. I have no idea :). Never done icons for App Manager.

qole	2009-03-17 18:09

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

I know that Khertan's PyPackager does the icon conversion; perhaps you can peek into his code to see how he does it?

Oh, and while you're there, are you interested in updating it? I've got a few feature requests...

GeneralAntilles

2009-03-17 18:15

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrentDC (Post 272347)

base64 <image> also works.

mikkov

2009-03-17 18:30

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrentDC (Post 272347)

You should post your problematic control file here. Otherwise this is just guesswork.

qwerty12

2009-03-17 18:32

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrentDC (Post 272347)

Actually, I was referring to the 26x26 icon that appears in the application manager; I took a png and converted it to base 64 via:

Code:

openssl base64 -in quick_clip.png -out quick_clip.txt

Install "shareutils" for uuencode ;)

The problem may just be in the way you're adding the base64 into the control file.

I do this:

Quote:

XB-Maemo-Icon-26:
yyyyyyyyyyyy
yyyyyyyyyyyy

(Which, although the quote doesn't do well to show it, translates to "XB-Maemo-Icon-26:<space>
<space>base64 contents")

BrentDC

2009-03-17 18:37

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikkov (Post 272370)

You should post your problematic control file here. Otherwise this just guesswork.

Yes, sir. Here it is:

Code:

Source: quickclip

Section: user/tools

Priority: optional

Maintainer: Brent Chiodo <bchiodo@gmail.com>

Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0)

Standards-Version: 3.6.0

Package: quickclip

Architecture: armel

Depends: python2.5, python2.5-hildon, python2.5-gtk2, python2.5-hildondesktop, hildon-desktop-python-loader

Version: 0.3.0

Description: A Status bar plugin to copy and save information.

 Quick Clip is a statusbar plugin that allows you to easily save

 information into a file for later reference. Whether that information

 is the current text-selection, or something you just want to jot down,

 Quick Clip automates the whole process.

XB-Maemo-Icon-26:

 iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABoAAAAaCAYAAACpSkzOAAAABHNCSVQICAgIfAhk

 iAAABQlJREFUSIndll9oHNcVh79z586sZrX/pPGuZTuqrcVOiikB11EeQl5KG2pK

 +lwoDYE+tI+lEEgCoSHQl9JAm1JoiCmE5CmFPtQPaV03Le5DX9KiQqmj5o+RUimK

 LMuSd2dmd3Zn7unDrlTJElb62stcBi6H891zf+ece+H/bchhiz96+YeB8UyAAgoq

 AA6cw+0YqYITBzp47tkX8/8Z9Ktfv1mdfWDuaRHvPKCCoiPP7P0BiJhhp3t38d+r

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 N95554932fPC2BfexMQERVHIFx4+b6NoyuR5Lk7/W+G7ICCsVPRLix+12mKe1DQJ

 /2G916+fmU1Lga+frq279268n7s97eHQ59ZnHe9evMhyHAe9OOap1dXB/Wz/A/bi

 ilzUOf87AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC

Installed-size: 127

BrentDC

2009-03-17 18:45

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 272362)

I know that Khertan's PyPackager does the icon conversion; perhaps you can peek into his code to see how he does it?

I'll take a look at the code and try to see what's going on; also, I'll try extracting the control file from a pypackager-built package.

Quote:

Oh, and while you're there, are you interested in updating it? I've got a few feature requests...

Depends on the feature request and the pypackager code; I'm still very much a python newbie, and if Khertan's code is too advanced I won't be able to do much with it. Although, it shouldn't be too hard to add a gtk.ScrolledWindow() to the change log tab...

BrentDC

2009-03-17 18:50

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Ah, ha! The pypackager built deb has a "Maemo-Icon-26" field not a "XB-Maemo-Icon-26" field...hmm. I guess I'll try that...

BrentDC

2009-03-17 19:04

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Yes, the "Maemo-Icon-26" worked. The icon now appears fine. I just wonder why XB- didn't? Strange.

qwerty12

2009-03-17 19:12

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

If you have to use Maemo-Icon-26 w/out the XB-, you're not making a package that the autobuilder will accept.

BrentDC

2009-03-17 19:33

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 272387)

If you have to use Maemo-Icon-26 w/out the XB-, you're not making a package that the autobuilder will accept.

Then icons must not be possible with local debs? Because XB- certainly doesn't work.

mikkov

2009-03-17 19:47

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Are you building the package with dpkg-buildpackage?

Non-related suggestions:

use "Architecture: all" since this is pure python application

with "XB-Maemo-Display-Name:" field you can get better formatted title, for example "XB-Maemo-Display-Name: Quickclip"

BrentDC

2009-03-17 20:20

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikkov (Post 272400)

I'm using dpkg-deb --build <source directory name> to build the package. When I tried using dpkg-buildpackage I was getting all kinds of errors, most notably a "dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source" error; even with that error, a *.tar.gz, *.dsc and some other files were created, but no *.deb. Is dpkg-buildpackage supposed to create a .deb? The Diablo Maemo Reference seemed to indicate it should. Thanks.

mikkov

2009-03-17 20:32

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

yes, you should be using dpkg-buildpackage to build .debs, it might have something to do with missing icon.

I believe qwerty12 explained how to fix the problem with dpkg-buildpackage. If those instructions are not helping, I have to ask you to post the error message and maybe the whole source package here. Otherwise we are, again, just guessing :)

fatalsaint

2009-03-17 20:45

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Thats just it.... dpkg-buildpackage is for source packages...

he's not building from a source .... No automake, no configure, no make. Just Binaries.

mikkov

2009-03-17 20:47

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

It's still source package even if it contains only python files.

fatalsaint

2009-03-17 20:50

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Odd. Seems when I was trying it I had similar issues.. that buildpackage always wanted to run the makes and compile.. then whined when they weren't there.

ETA:

Also.. as long as the package passes Lintian checks.. why would it matter which way it was made a .deb? The format is the same..

mikkov

2009-03-17 20:53

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

buildpackage does what debian/rules says is it to do + it generates diff.gz where BrentDC is caught (+ some other things)

fatalsaint

2009-03-17 20:59

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

So essentially you need to modify the rules and remove all the dh_make, dh_* entries, and anything else in there that causes problems.

I see. Thanks.

BrentDC

2009-03-17 22:26

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikkov (Post 272421)

One last problem: when building with dpkg-buildpackage, I get this:

Code:

dh_install: quickclip missing files (), aborting

make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1

If I comment dh_install in rules the package builds fine but is just empty (and the icon shows up in AM ;)).

I think I'm really close.

Thanks.

jeremiah

2009-03-17 22:48

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 272195)

There is other documentation written regarding dynamic language support for packaging in debian.

For a source package, all you have to do is create a directory to hold your script, then you can use tar and gzip to create a tarball. Add a Makefile and you are ready to go!

jeremiah

2009-03-17 22:58

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikkov (Post 272400)

Don't get confused by Architecture: all and Architecture: any - those are really for debian packages. Maemo has just two architectures, x86 and armel. And if your package is a based on a scripting language that can run on any architecture, it is probably best to use Architecture: any. But we are starting to get pedantic here. :^)

jeremiah

2009-03-17 23:01

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 272426)

Thats just it.... dpkg-buildpackage is for source packages...

he's not building from a source .... No automake, no configure, no make. Just Binaries.

A deb package is a binary. dpkg-buildpackage builds these binary packages which have as their suffix ".deb". You can use, and should in fact use, dpkg-buildpackage to create debs.

jeremiah

2009-03-17 23:02

Re: Packaging Help for a Newbie Required...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikkov (Post 272427)

It's still source package even if it contains only python files.

Absolutely. Those files get chmoded to executables and installed. You need a debian/rules file for that and to create a debian/rules file you need a Makefile. All you need to add to your python script is the Makefile and you should be on your way.

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