debmake

Creates basic deb packages from git repositories that contain a file named .debmake with the package details. Suitable for creating simple packages, that just place some files on the system. Probably not very useful for more complex packages.

For more not so simple packages, please use dh_make (apt install dh-make).

requirements

minimum:

apt install devscripts
export DEBEMAIL="you@mail.ch"
export DEBFULLNAME="Your Name"

optional:

apt install build-essential binutils cpp cpio dpkg-dev file gcc make patch dh-make debhelper devscripts \
            fakeroot lintian debian-policy developers-reference man-db manpages reportbug

configuration

create a file .debmake in the root directory of the package with the following contents.

required:

# Target is the path where the package files will be installed (without leading `/`)
TARGET="usr/share/plymouth/themes/dphys-logo"

# The source of the software
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/rda0/plymouth-theme-dphys-logo.git"

# Short description (max. 80 characters)
DESCRIPTION_SHORT="Plymouth theme for the DPHYS"

# Long description will be broken to multiple lines (at 80 characters)
DESCRIPTION_LONG="Dark theme with stars background for the Department of Physics ETH Zurich"

optional:

# Section (default: `misc`)
SECTION="x11"

# Version (default: `1.0`)
VERSION=""

# Dependencies (add comma separated lists of packages to these variables)
DEPENDS="plymouth, plymouth-label, plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo, plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text"
RECOMMENDS=""
SUGGESTS=""
CONFLICTS=""
BREAKS=""
PROVIDES=""
REPLACES=""

# Copyright and License info (default: `GPL-3+`)
COPYRIGHT=""
LICENSE=""
LICENSE_TEXT=""

# Doc files to be put under `/usr/share/doc`, include all files like readme, license, copyright, etc.
# If left empty it defaults to:
DOC="README README.md README.markdown README.txt LICENSE LICENSE.txt COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT.txt COPYING COPYING.txt"

optional files:

.debmake.control: override control file
.debmake.preinst: preinst script
.debmake.postinst: postinst script

usage

Usage: debmake [repo] package dist

    Creates a basic deb package.

Options:

    repo
        GIT repo to clone from
    package
        Directory to package (package name)
    dist
        Distribution codename

example:

debmake https://github.com/rda0/plymouth-theme-dphys-logo.git plymouth-theme-dphys-logo bionic

manual modifications

cd <package>/debian

edit the following files manually:

add description: control
modify target dir: dirs
modify files to install: install
modify links to create: <package.links>

then build the package again:

cd ..
debuild

how to manually create a debian package

mv <package> <package>-1.0
tar --exclude='.git' -czf <package>_1.0.orig.tar.gz <package>-1.0
cd <package>-1.0
dh_make
rm debian/*.ex debian/*.EX debian/README.* debian/*.docs
debuild

then fix the errors until it builds successfully

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