[ubuntu-za] Building debian packages

[Paolo Gigante]

Hi Raoul,

Thanks for the references. I will start to work on that. Its a bit more
complicated than I thought. Still trying to wrap my head around some of the
differences between packaging a .deb and a .rpm.

Once I have the .deb file created I may reach out again to find out the
process to get the package pushed into the Debian repos.

Thanks again.
Paolo

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 5:02 AM, Raoul Snyman <raoul at snyman.info> wrote:

> Hi Paolo,
>
> a) How to create the deb package
>>
>
> Best place to start is the Packaging page on the Debian wiki:
>
>   https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging
>
> In particular, there's a Debian packaging guide.
>
>
> b) What is a good generic repo to submit the package to. Is there an
>> equivalent of epel for Ubuntu or does everyone host their own ppa or use
>> launchpad.
>>
>
> As a Debian Maintainer, I highly recommend getting your package into
> Debian itself. It's not actually that difficult. The up side to this is
> that your package will be automatically included in Debian derivatives like
> Ubuntu and Linux Mint. The "down" side (and it's not really a down side) is
> that you'll need to make it comply with the DFSG.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
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