Off-topic: Issues with building Ubuntu packages

[William Scott Lockwood III]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 9:35 AM,  <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:10:48 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>>did you consider to ask the package maintainer ?
>>
>>also using the ubuntu-devel-discuss list might actually get you more
>>developer attention than the user support list ;)
>
> Actually I'm a user who wants to learn how to build Ubuntu packages.
>
> I build claws without following the Ubuntu policy, but for libfm I want
> to build packages, that follow the Ubuntu policy.
>
> I don't know if it's wanted, when users ask on a development list how
> to build packages. I suspect it belongs to a user list. I might be wrong
> with this, so I'll subscribe to a developer list, send a request
> and let you know, if this is the right place.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf


Have you looked at FPM? It can build all kinds of packages for you
very easily. Takes all of the pain and drudgery out of the process.
Check out: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

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W. Scott Lockwood III