2009/5/9 Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammost...@gmail.com>: > Neil Williams wrote: >> >> On Sat, 09 May 2009 21:11:25 +0200 >> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammost...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>> >>>> After you build the package, check the contents of debian/tmp >>>> >>>> Use the matching paths in your own files. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I can't find an debian/tmp folder... >>> >>> \r >>> >> >> You've probably only got a single package, so check the contents of >> debian/$package >> >> > > Doesn't have that either.. >
A quick tutorial about debian packaging "states". When you build your package everything that needs to be compiled gets compiled. Then everything is installed into a temporary directory inside debian/ then various dh_ commands are run to change/make the temporary directories fit for actual binary .deb. At the the end metadata, maintainer scripts and those temp directories are compressed into an archive with name ending in deb. To get better understanding let's do this: 1) Change into the directory of your package, eg. cd foo-1.0/ 2) Run this command debuild binary 3) Now go into debian/ and look what you have in there. A good way to see what's there is to run this: du -a This should show all the files in all subdirectrories. One particular directory you want to look at is the one named after your package (hope you are still following, I'm talking about foo-1.0/debian/foo). It has all the files that will end up in the final deb. Sometimes (if you are building more than one package) you will have 3 folders e.g.: tmp/ foo/ foo-data/ Sometimes you will notice that upstream compilation doesn't install everything you want. In that case you create the debian/$foo.install files. Case 1 Single package (you are only creating ONE deb) Step 1) create debian/install Step 2) For each missing file/directory write one line: source destination-dir Where source is path relative the toplevel source directory (foo-1.0), and destination-dir is where you want the files to end up when your package is installed on the system eg. (usr/share/lib/) Case 2 Multiple deb package (youare creating MORE THAN ONE deb) Step 1) create debian/$(package).install eg. if you want to install something additionally into a package called supercow-data you create a file debian/supercow-data.intall Step 2) Same as in case 1. > I have package.install > > with: > > debian/tmp/usr/share/applications/* usr/share/applications/ Most likely you want to simply write upstream/location/of/desktop/files usr/share/applications And rename "package.install" into simply "install". "upstream/location/of/desktop/files" is the path to the .desktop file/files in the tarball eg. one of my upstreams has desktop files in vitables-2.0/unixapp/vitables.desktop so in my debian/install I have this line: unixapp/vitables.desktop usr/share/applications Hope this helps. please take a little bit of time and play around with it to understand which paths you need to be using when. It's something I had to spend a little while to get the hang of. If you have anyquestions please ask. -- With best regards Dmitrijs Ledkovs (for short Dima), Ледков Дмитрий Юрьевич -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
