Packaging Python applications for Ubuntu

[Derek Broughton]

Caleb Marcus wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 14:36 +1100, musicman wrote:
> 
>> you mean apart from eggs?
>> 
>> I've found they work quite well with easy_install and setuptools
>> 
>> http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PythonEggs
>> 
>> well, I've managed to install trac and plumi with both no problems.
> 
> I have no idea what an egg is :)

I think you need to find out :-)

> I'm talking about making a python application into a standard .deb that
> installs all the files to the right place, adds a menu item, and Just
> Works for a standard Ubuntu install.

The best method would probably be to create an egg and wrap it in a .deb.  
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derek