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Binary deb upload

Asked by Adam Michalski

Is it possible to upload a binary .deb package (not source package) to a PPA?

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Best Michael Nelson (michael.nelson) said : 		#1

Hi Adam,

No, it's not.

What is the reason for not uploading the source in your case?

and just FYI (in case you haven't seen it): https://help.launchpad.net/PPATermsofUse

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Adam Michalski (adam-michalski) said : 		#2

Hi Michael,
Thanks for Your answer,

the reason is I just want to build a binary package with Apache ActiveMQ as a dependecy and add postinst script modyfying init.d file that startup/shutdown activeMQ for my requirements. I do not want to add any source code to it.

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Adam Michalski (adam-michalski) said : 		#3

I found this tutorial:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School/PackagingWithoutCompiling
should help

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Adam Michalski (adam-michalski) said : 		#4

Thanks Michael Nelson, that solved my question.