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== Specific OD Packages ==
 
  
=== organicdesign-server ===
 
The ultimate purpose of the ''organicdesign-server'' package is to replace the [[Debian Post Install]] script.
 
<pre>
 
Package: organicdesign-server
 
Version: 1.0
 
Section: admin
 
Priority: optional
 
Architecture: all
 
Essential: no
 
Depends: build-essential, p7zip-full, bzip2, rar, htmldoc, subversion, mysql-server-5.0, apache2, libapache2-svn,
 
        libapache2-mod-php5, php5-mysql, php5-gd, php5-xsl, php5-curl, php5-sqlite3, imagemagick, perlmagick,
 
        librsvg2-bin, libwww-perl, libio-socket-ssl-perl, libtimedate-perl, libnet-scp-expect-perl
 
Maintainer: Aran Dunkley [aran@organicdesign.co.nz]
 
Description: Installs everything required by an Organic Design server.
 
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Need to add this script
 
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/ssl.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ssl.conf
 
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/ssl.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ssl.load
 
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load
 
 
=== organicdesign-workstation ===
 
This package will ultimately replace the [[Ubuntu Post Install]] so that a freshly installed Ubuntu workstation simply needs to ''apt-get organicdesign-workstation''.
 
<pre>
 
Package: organicdesign-workstation
 
Version: 1.0
 
Section: admin
 
Priority: optional
 
Architecture: all
 
Essential: no
 
Depends: build-essential, p7zip-full, bzip2, rar, thunderbird, geany, vlc, inkscape, samba, gparted, ntfsprogs, sysinfo
 
Maintainer: Aran Dunkley [aran@organicdesign.co.nz]
 
Description: Installs everything required by an Organic Design workstation.
 
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Still need to include
 
*Skype
 
*Wine with IE 6 & 7
 
*Advanced Desktop Effects Settings
 
 
=== organicdesign-mail ===
 
This package will set up IMAP, POP3 and webmail
 
 
=== organicdesign-toshiba-satellite-A210 ===
 
Packages which are little more than collections of other packages are pretty easy to make, so once we have the procedure clearly documented, we may as well package up other specific things such as the installation of specific drivers and configuration for our laptops. Currently the details are in [[Toshiba Satellite A210 (701)]].
 
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 03:36, 1 July 2008

Procedure.svg Create or Update a Debian package
Organic Design procedure

General procedure

Working directory structure

Here's an example directory structure for a package which replaces the apache default config file and sets up default php and html files in /var/www.

The control file in the DEBIAN sub-directory is the all the main configuration is done. The other three files in that sub-directory are scripts which execute on installation and removal of the package.

The rest of the directory structure outside the DEBIAN sub-directory define the directory structure which will be merged with the root of the filesystem when the package is installed.

Building into a package

To turn the directory structure into a proper .deb package file, use:

dpkg -b <package-directory>

The package will be created with the same name but with the .deb extension in the same directory as the package directory.

Adding to a package repository

All the .deb package files must be added to the main repository on the server which is in /var/www/packages/main. Ensure that this repository is included in your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://packages.organicdesign.co.nz main

Whenever any of the packages in the repository change, the Packages.gz index file must be updated which can be done as follows:

dpkg-scanpackages /var/www/packages/main /dev/null | gzip > /var/www/packages/main/Packages.gz


See also