Originally Posted by Zas

I made a script for creating .debs because of that "unrecongnized option '--format=gnu'" error. This is what I use:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#create .deb files for packages (fremantle&harmattan)

if [ ! $1 ];then
 echo Create .deb files for fremantle and harmattan devices
 echo Usage: make-deb /path/to/package
 exit 0
fi

#step in package directory
chdir "$1"

#versionnumber and packagename from control file
packagename=`grep "Package: " DEBIAN/control | cut -d ' ' -f 2`
versionnumber=`grep "Version: " DEBIAN/control | cut -d ' ' -f 2`

#remove old md5 and digsig sums
rm -f DEBIAN/md5sums 2>/dev/null
rm -f DEBIAN/digsigsums 2>/dev/null

#list all folders except DEBIAN
find | grep -v "./DEBIAN" > ../md5

#get md5 and digsig sums to DEBIAN/
while read line
do
 if [ -f "$line" ]; then
  #cut "./" from beginning
  line=`echo "$line" | cut -c 3-`

  #get md5
  md5sum "$line" >> DEBIAN/md5sums

  #get sha1 for digital signatures
  echo S 15 com.nokia.maemo H 40 `sha1sum "$line" | cut -c -40` R `expr length "$line"` $line >> DEBIAN/digsigsums
 fi
done < "../md5"

#remove temp file list
rm -f ../md5

#package control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz
tar -cvzf ../control.tar.gz -C DEBIAN/ . >/dev/null
tar -cvzf ../data.tar.gz . --exclude=DEBIAN >/dev/null
echo 2.0>../debian-binary

#step outside package folder
cd ..

#create debian archive "package_version.deb"
ar -rcv $packagename"_"$versionnumber.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz >/dev/null

#remove packaged files
rm -f debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz 2>/dev/null

Save it as "make-deb" and execute "make-deb /home/user/foopackage" to create /home/user/The-Amazing-Foo_0.1.deb

It makes digsigsums and md5sums files needed for aegis and packages all files to package_version.deb, fetching package name and version number from control file.

It requires binutils for ar packaging, and harmattan packages have to be created on harmattan due to ar differencies.

Using these instructions from Zas, Im very close.

Only problem is I cannot make folder in /home/user/ and I cannot set chmod +x to package script.

Originally Posted by Estel

peterleinchen, on my device, /usr/share/icons is just a symlink to /opt/usr/share/icons.
Is it true also for others, or I've kicked it there myself, and forget about doing so?
/Estel

Originally Posted by Zas

I made a script for creating .debs because of that "unrecongnized option '--format=gnu'" error. This is what I use:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#create .deb files for packages (fremantle&harmattan)

if [ ! $1 ];then
 echo Create .deb files for fremantle and harmattan devices
 echo Usage: make-deb /path/to/package
 exit 0
fi

#step in package directory
chdir "$1"

#versionnumber and packagename from control file
packagename=`grep "Package: " DEBIAN/control | cut -d ' ' -f 2`
versionnumber=`grep "Version: " DEBIAN/control | cut -d ' ' -f 2`

#remove old md5 and digsig sums
rm -f DEBIAN/md5sums 2>/dev/null
rm -f DEBIAN/digsigsums 2>/dev/null

#list all folders except DEBIAN
find | grep -v "./DEBIAN" > ../md5

#get md5 and digsig sums to DEBIAN/
while read line
do
 if [ -f "$line" ]; then
  #cut "./" from beginning
  line=`echo "$line" | cut -c 3-`

  #get md5
  md5sum "$line" >> DEBIAN/md5sums

  #get sha1 for digital signatures
  echo S 15 com.nokia.maemo H 40 `sha1sum "$line" | cut -c -40` R `expr length "$line"` $line >> DEBIAN/digsigsums
 fi
done < "../md5"

#remove temp file list
rm -f ../md5

#package control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz
tar -cvzf ../control.tar.gz -C DEBIAN/ . >/dev/null
tar -cvzf ../data.tar.gz . --exclude=DEBIAN >/dev/null
echo 2.0>../debian-binary

#step outside package folder
cd ..

#create debian archive "package_version.deb"
ar -rcv $packagename"_"$versionnumber.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz >/dev/null

#remove packaged files
rm -f debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz 2>/dev/null

Save it as "make-deb" and execute "make-deb /home/user/foopackage" to create /home/user/The-Amazing-Foo_0.1.deb

It makes digsigsums and md5sums files needed for aegis and packages all files to package_version.deb, fetching package name and version number from control file.

It requires binutils for ar packaging, and harmattan packages have to be created on harmattan due to ar differencies.

Originally Posted by F2thaK

Has ANYONE, got clear instructions of how to package a DEB on the N9?

Including exactly what you put in the control file?