I was wondering how to package some wallpapers into a package for the Ubuntu Software Center?
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Do they have the appropriate licenses ?– hytromoDec 17, 2013 at 2:58
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3I created them myself, so they are properly licensed. I am trying to figure out how to package them so I can add them to the software center.– rstreeter78Dec 17, 2013 at 3:00
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1Great idea! Reply back in comments if you get a package out– Dolan AntenucciDec 19, 2013 at 19:47
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Have you looked into using launchpad.com to publish your wallpapers? It is used by quite a lot of popular projects: Inkscape: launchpad.net/inkscape, Unity:launchpad.net/unity, MySQL: launchpad.net/mysql...just to name few!– RPiAwesomenessDec 20, 2013 at 3:07
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It seems there are a number of steps involved in preparing software for the Ubuntu Software Center, more than what I am able to document here. Perhaps this Getting Started pdf will provide you with the answers you need.– Timothy MartinDec 31, 2013 at 20:23
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Create a folder named whatever you want it to be. I recommend wallpapers in your home folder.
Inside this, create 2 folders: DEBIAN and usr
In the usr folder, create share. In that, create wallpapers. Put your wallpapers there.
In the DEBIAN folder, create 2 files: control, and postinst.
Then, make the control file look like:
Package: package name
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Maintainer: your name <your@email>
Architecture: all
Version: version number
Depends: whatever it depends on.
Description: a brief description of what your package includes or does.
<blank line here>
Note the blank line at the end, important!
Then, In postinst
#!/bin/bash
chmod a+r /usr/share/backgrounds/<wallpaper 1>
chmod a+r /usr/share/backgrounds/<wallpaper 2>
chmod a+r /usr/share/backgrounds/<wallpaper n>
# ...
exit 0
Do that for as many wallpapers as you have.
Save all the files.
Next, sudo chown -R root.root ~/wallpapers/
Finally, sudo dpkg -b ~/wallpapers wallpaper.deb
Then, you upload this to your PPA. Done!
answered Dec 31, 2013 at 20:43
