Re: Question: Packaging a Program from a Dir that is Not a Deb Package in the least...

2012-11-12 Thread Raúl Benencia
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 07:59:12PM -0800, AllowOverride wrote: > Got links? Suggestions? all are welcomed... This[0] PDF is pretty useful to have a general idea of how to begin your package. Debian new maintainers' guide[1] is also a good source of information. Cheers. [0] http://www.debian.org

Re: Question: Packaging a Program from a Dir that is Not a Deb Package in the least...

2012-11-11 Thread David Smith
> Some of the programs are java installed and stem from rpm's or at least > built for redhat/centos systems. > Are you aware you can use alien to convert rpms to debs? It's not ideal, but it has worked for me in the past and it's rather easy to do.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-re

Re: Question: Packaging a Program from a Dir that is Not a Deb Package in the least...

2012-11-11 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:59 AM, AllowOverride wrote: > a. create a .deb from a directory of 3rd party paid software. Which software do you want to package? -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

Re: Question: Packaging a Program from a Dir that is Not a Deb Package in the least...

2012-11-11 Thread Aditya Vaidya
I remember seeing a question similar to this on a mailing list, but I can't seem to find it at the moment. However, [1] might be of interest to you. It shows how to package simple binaries without the intent of publishing them into the official Debian archives. It creates a very bare-bone package w

Question: Packaging a Program from a Dir that is Not a Deb Package in the least...

2012-11-11 Thread AllowOverride
Hello, I am new here. Be gentle. What I would Like to do: a. create a .deb from a directory of 3rd party paid software. b. be able to install the .deb on debian server. I have looked at all the documentation I could stand about howto go about it, seems rather complicated, and I'm sure it is, ho