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Building Debian Packages in Ubuntu 12.04

Asked by Alejandro Padrino

Hello, I want to build my own .deb files in ubuntu, to put binary files in specified folders. How to make the .deb file?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

look into checkinstall

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Alejandro Padrino (eb4bgr) said : 		#2

Also to individual files? The files I want to put in system folders (/usr/bin as example) are projects compiled by myself. I don't want to make a debian package with sources to compile. I want to put my executable file directly into /usr/bin folder. This is right?

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

If it shouldn't be managed by package manager it's rather /opt.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemTreeOverview
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete

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Alejandro Padrino (eb4bgr) said : 		#4

Done with checkinstall. Thank you very much.

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Alejandro Padrino (eb4bgr) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Alejandro Padrino (eb4bgr) said : 		#6

Uffff ... the command creates .deb package file, but opening archive with deb-gview it contains no files. The problem was not solved. How to add the files into the .deb package?

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Alejandro Padrino (eb4bgr) said : 		#7

Well, done with "dpkg -b" and custom control file. ;)

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Alejandro Padrino (eb4bgr) said : 		#8

;)