Hi all! I have a couple of questions dealing with packaging software. I've read and applied the Manuals, but still have some problems:
1. a mkdir-ed a new directory named debianize/ in which i unpacked a distribution So i have a directory /debianize/software-version/ However the source code of the package is on level below: /debianize/software-version/src and so is the Makefile A made a copy of src to jmol-0.6.1/ and did deb_make in that directory Is that right? 2. Problem two: my software actually needs Jdk1.2 so it wouldn't compile... that is i couldn't find a JDK1.2 debian package at the Debian server... is Jdk1.2 actually compiled or ... ??? I circumvented this by just making a Makefile in /debianize/software-version/ that would not compile the software, but would just install it (a compiled jar file was also in the distro...) 3. I installed the jars files /usr/share/java and a script that runs the program in /usr/X11R6/bin. is that correct? 4. Just after making the deb file (which looks oke, installed it without any problem), it gives the following error: dpkg-deb: building package `jmol' in `../jmol_0.6.1-1_i386.deb'. /usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage: jmol_0.6.1-1.dsc: command not found This file is located on directory higher, so i made a symbolic link: ln -s ../software-version.dsc . But that doesn't seem to be oke... 5. And that is where the story ends... Conclusion: i have a working deb file, but with some problems... i really appreciate some mentors' help yours sincerely, Egon Willighagen
