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Revision as of 11:27, 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

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