packaging libs for Maemo
 

OK so I am working on another port and while I am doing well enough at it, it requires a newer version of libguichan then Arnim has packaged for us. (0.6.1)

I have downloaded LibGuiChan 0.8 (the req) and I can compile it in scratchbox, but I have NO idea how to take a lib and make it a deb package so I (or anyone else) can install it on the tablets.

Does anyone have any advice or hints or thoughts on how to accomplish this?

Thanks!
-John

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

Either talk to the new debmaster, or grab the source from debian, which already has the required packaging information.

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

Just uploaded libguichan-0.8.1 to autobuilder

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

What is this autobuilder of which you speak? ;)

-John

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

The builder that builds source packages for Extras.

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

now it's built for diablo and should appear in extras-devel soonish

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

Great news, but for my own knowledge, how did this actually work? I mean go from a source code folder to the autobuilder and up.. I have been reading the how-to's but they assume a level of familiarity that I do not have...


-John

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

For this particular package:
1. I downloaded debian sources for guichan (apt-get source guichan)
2. I made a test build (dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot)
3. removed allegro and opengl depencies (from debian/control and debian/rules)
4. changed changelog (debian/changelog)
5. made uploadable source packages (dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -sa -S)
6. uploaded to autobuilder (dput diablo-extras-builder guichan_0.8.1-4maemo1_source.changes)

For general information about debian packages see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ and http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ and https://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

oh, and it is already available in extras-devel... Thanks again...



-John

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

Guess I spoke too soon, I can not actually install it from extras. It is in the pool but if i try to find it in app manager it is no go and apt-get doesn't see it either. perhaps it needs more time to make it in the list.


-John

edit: if iI try to install it directly from the repro (with the browser) I get an incompatible application package...

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

I can install it fine with apt-get install libguichan-0.8.1-1
It's in extras-devel, not in extras

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

package is not in user/ section (because it's a library), so it's not directly installable with application manager

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

Thanks, I was not completing the version number when I tried to install it wil apt-get

So with that lib and I (thanks to your info) made and installed libSDL_ttf and it is happy with that. But now with the latest (and I think last) lib it needs, I am havng a problem..

' error while loading shared libraries: libphysfs-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'

10 seconds earlier I had done this on the N810:

Nokia-N810-43-7:/media/mmc1# dpkg -i libphysfs-1.0-0_1.0.0-5_armel.deb
Selecting previously deselected package libphysfs-1.0-0.
(Reading database ... 16856 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libphysfs-1.0-0 (from libphysfs-1.0-0_1.0.0-5_armel.deb) ...
Setting up libphysfs-1.0-0 (1.0.0-5) ...

I have this version installed on the dev machine in scratchbox and I reconfigured and recompiled the game. still it complains this lib isn't there.

The only thing I see in the error is that it is looking for libphysfs-1.0.so.0 and I dont know what the .so. means. I have installed libphysfs-1.0-0 that should meet the dep, but I have something wrong.

When it needed libsdl_ttf it was also looking for .so.0 of sdl_ttf and I installed libsdl-ttf2.0-0 and it was happy and moved on... So I am not sure what the problem is..

Help, anyone....???..

-John

p.s. when my request to upload is approved I will upload these libs to extras-devel as well....

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

all of those libraries are already in extras so no need to upload them.

Otherwise can't really say what's wrong without trying it myself

Re: packaging libs for Maemo
 

Well, I gave up on building my own libs (really just wanted to see how to do it..) and just installed them from Extras-Dev and it works. So There was certainly something wrong with my package of libphysfs. when I get done with this port I will go back and try to figure out why is all went wrong. Thanks again for all your help..


-John