Forum .LRN Q&A: Re: Debian package of .LRN

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31: Re: Debian package of .LRN (response to 30)
Posted by Otto Solares on 11/27/04 02:39 AM
Yep.  I removed the old packages, the new dotlrn package is here:

deb http://home.galileo.edu/~solca/dotlrn/ binary/
deb-src http://home.galileo.edu/~solca/dotlrn/ source/

Please test it, report back _ANY_ problem.  I am pretty sure this one is almost _debian_repository_ quality.

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39: Re: Re: Debian package of .LRN (response to 31)
Posted by Jade Rubick on 01/02/05 06:39 PM
Otto, would you mind posting how the packages are built?

Since Debian packages can be used for Debian and Fedora, we get very good coverage with these. If you could document how this is done, then we could move towards making this the default method of installation.

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40: Re: Res: Re: Re: Debian package of .LRN (response to 39)
Posted by Otto Solares on 01/03/05 11:56 PM
You mean building from the source package or how to create a debian package (debianize)?

I simply build the package with:

cd source_dir
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

To build the package you need:

apt-get build-dep dotlrn
apt-get install build-essential fakeroot

The hard part is debianize the package which is better covered  somewhere in the debian's developer corner:

http://www.debian.org/devel/

Hope that helps.