On 10 February 2010 17:23, Mark Fraser <ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> wrote: > I would like to start compiling some programs and putting them up on my PPA > starting with KRepton <http://www.keelhaul.me.uk/krepton>. > > Has anyone got any advice other than following > www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-start.en.html ? I have compiled > software before and also produced a few .deb packages, but none that I could > distribute.
The new maintainers guide you have already found is the main doc I would suggest you start with. The Debian policy is also very helpful as it explains every detail you could need to know (hopefully) but it is more of a reference and not a tutorial. It really is worth learning to build the packages as source packages and build them with dpkg-buildpackage/ppa/etc (I say this because I know a lot of people think its just easier to compile the code and build a .deb with dpkg-deb, but it really works out much worse in the long run) Good luck with it! It really isn't as hard as it seems at first! Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 7401 96D3 E037 2F8F 5965 A358 4046 71FD 74B1 FA37 No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
