hello,

Here is my pb : My project is finished and ready to be distribued. I compile it and then all is ok. bugs are fixed.

I would like to distribute it without my sources files by creating a .deb file because I worked under Kubuntu 7.04.

I Do not know which step I have to follow and how to make this job. Could any developers who create and distribute software help me?

Thanks

Robux

Hi. You can start by searching on google for "how+to+create+debian+packages". There are links to many articles that you may find helpful.

Hello reddazz,

Thanks a lot but as you know google is the very first reflex before writting a thread in a forum.
I am not looking "how create a .deb package" but "create a deb. packages without joinging the source files". I have read tuto but it deals with creating packages from .tar.bz and create package with sources for ./configure and make them. It is not my issue since I would not join the src files.

If you have any idea for this...

Thanks a lot

Robux

I think most of the pages found do tell you how to build a "binary .deb" (one that just installs the precompiled files). This looked like one:

http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8047723203.html

More on search engines..

Remember to make sure that your distribution methods are ok with the licence you're using; if your project is open source, you need to make the sources available. If it's not, then it's not, but still you should be careful with the licence and distribution of the files. No offence meant here, just a friendly note to avoid troublematic situations..

You could probably also "explode" an existing .deb package (extract it's contents without installing them) into some directory and see what is actually inside. Basically, for a binary package, there are the files that need to exist on the system and then some "instruction files" (scripts or others) that tell the package manager program how to deal with the files, where to put them etc. It shouldn't be all that difficult once you get into it, but I admit it does look difficult at first..

Hello B0uncer

I was reading exactly this tuto when you send me the message. By reading I stopped on the "scripts" and "the final step" paragraph I really do not exactly understand.

http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8047723203.html

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Scripts
Your package will also need a few scripts to be run by the system when installing and removing the package. (Remember, no matter how wonderful your program is, someone may wish to uninstall it later on down the road.)
The postinst script should contain any necessary steps to be done after installing your program. The prerm script should contain instructions on what should be done to remove the program. Both of these scripts are required (see Resources for more on this).

The final step
After all the prep work that goes into making a Debian package, the actual package creation is somewhat anticlimactic.
You'll use the dpkg command with the -b or --build option (-b and --build are the same). The syntax for creating a package is dpkg -b directory packagename.deb where directory contains the filesystem tree with all the requisite files for your program. Note, you can build the package without specifying the name of the new package, but then it will simply place the package file under directory as ".deb" -- which might lead you to believe that the package wasn't created at all.
So, for example, if your program has a configuration file that belongs in etc/, the program itself, which will live in usr/bin/, and some documentation that lives under usr/share/doc/package/, you'll recreate that filesystem tree in a directory that will be used to create your package.

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My question are :
1/ what is a scrypt? is it like shell code that I have to write?
2/ In the final step section : "you'll recreate that filesystem tree in a directory that will be used to create your package". -> not understand how a directory can contain directory information!

Thanks

Robux