In this context, packaging refers to the creation and maintenance of Debian packages. Whether you are looking to update a package for your personal use or wondering how to get your software into the hands of Ubuntu users, this tag is for you.
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How to get my software into Ubuntu?
As a developer of free software, I want to get my application into Ubuntu.
Should I provide a source tarball and ask for packaging? Or should I create a package myself? Should I target Ubuntu ...
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Upgrading to latest stable Mono
Mono 2.8 was recently released boasting a couple of large performance improvements. It's far too late for it to make it into Maverick and I'm fairly inpatient.
I don't use Mono for anything ...
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What is the simplest Debian Packaging Guide?
I went to the Ubuntu wiki but got confused,there were too many ways.Please tell me an easy guide to debian packaging.
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How do I create a deb package for a single python script?
I have a single python script that I want to distribute as a deb package. It is a indicator which shows local date in Unity panel. I did follow create a .deb Package from scripts or binaries but I ...
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How to create a meta-package that automatically installs other packages?
I'd like to be able to create a package that doesnt contain any code or programs itself, but instead installs other packages that exist in the repositories onto a computer, sort of how the ...
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How does Application Review Board work?
According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviews the Application Review Process is good both for upstream software developers and Ubuntu packagers. The point seems to be that the upstream developers ...
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How to apply a changelog file to packages in a PPA when building from recipe?
When my package gets build by launchpad using a recipe, it ignores the ./debian/changelog file I provide, and it generates a useless one like following:
harmonyseq (0.14~natty1) maverick; urgency=low
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create a .deb Package from scripts or binaries
I searched for a simple way to create .deb Packages for things which have no source code to compile (configs, shellscripts, proprietary software). This was quite a problem because most of the package ...
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How to get more people involved in improving X.org for Ubuntu?
In Ubuntu, X is one of the more critical pieces in the stack. As such, we get a TON of questions and bug reports about it, probably about 100 times as many as we have manpower to handle.
Canonical ...
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How do I put a package into the Ubuntu repositories? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get my software into Ubuntu?
I've created a Python application for Ubuntu. How do I package it and submit it for possible inclusion in the universe repository?
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Why use sbuild over pbuilder?
There are numerous ways to build Debian packages in a clean and reproducible environment. Two of the most frequently used are pbuilder and sbuild. Personally, I've always used pbuilder. I find ...
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Is is possible to get a patch included in the current release? If so, how?
So a while back I reported a bug in Compiz's Place Window plugin. It's a fairly major regression for people affected by it: mainly those using Gnome-Fallback, judging by the reports.
A patch ...
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How do I propose my project to be part of Debian too?
I have a new project hosted at launchpad.net. My project can be useful for both: Ubuntu and Debian. However, I can't find a documentation to start host my project at launchpad.net and get my package ...
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I've filed an ITP bug on bugs.debian.org - now how do I get the package into Ubuntu?
I've written a development library that I would like to include in the Ubuntu archives. From what I understand, the best way to do this is to first get the package into Debian and then request a ...
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Translating .deb package information
How can I translate the contents of debian/control in debian packages so that the Information will be localised when the package is shown in the Software-Centre?
for packages in Ubuntu
for ...
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How does Software Center determine what is a “technical item” and what isn't?
I'm a total newb to packaging, but I managed to get a PPA set up and working. But when I look for my software in Ubuntu Software Center, it will only show up after clicking "Show _ technical items". ...
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Graphical tool for creating Deb packages
Are there any graphical tools for creating ubuntu/debian packages?
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PPA & Packaging: Having versions of packages for multiple distros
(quote from chat)
Got a PPA on launchpad for source packages for an IRC bot project I'm associated with (since its all the intermediate packaging for the stuff between releases, it's classified as ...
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What happens during a package upgrade?
I recently started building Ubuntu packages for my software on Launchpad. They are pretty simple; most of them just contain some files and scripts that are trigged through the .install .preinst ...
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How do I use a Launchpad recipe for patching and building an original package?
I have a patch against vim which applies to packaged version. I would like to automate this, so that when new ubuntu is released, the newer unpatched vim gets patched & built using a recipe. I ...
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How to create and administer multi-architecture PPAs?
I have a program that needs to be recompiled for every ubuntu version.
Currently I am packaging it using Ubuntu's PPA just for the current distribution.
Eventually, I have to provide packages for ...
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Can I update software installed from source code directly
Though its nearly a year since I started using Ubuntu, I have not attempted installing software from source. I didn't actually find the need to do so. But now I am working on a software which is at ...
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Manually Created .deb, how do I upload to a PPA?
I have a manually created .deb, and I'd like to upload it to a PPA.
My question is as follows:
Is that possible?
and If so,
how do I do that?
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How do I add a binary file to my existing PPA package
Adding modified or new text files to my PPA package is simple enough:
Step 1:
apt-get source [foo-package]
cd [foo-package]
Step 2:
add or modify new text files containing the changes
Step 3 - ...
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What is the proper way to patch Wine for a custom PPA?
I've been manually applying patches to Wine for use on my own machine, but I want to put it in a PPA for my friends and relations.
Currently I follow this procedure:
Get the latest source from an ...
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How to troubleshoot Quickly packaging failures
I have created a Quickly app and I'm trying to create a package for distributing it through the Software Center.
However, whenever I try one of the Quickly packaging commands (package, share, release ...
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How do I package an application to submit to the MyApps portal?
I'm trying to submit my app to the MyApps portal.
I really don't get it what I should submit, source code or deb package? If source, in which format, whole app as zip, tar.gz...?
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How do I turn my source code into an Ubuntu package and how do I get it in the repositories?
I have written a program in C and I wish to create an Ubuntu .deb package. How do I do this? How do I get it included in the Ubuntu official repositories?
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How to have Debian packaging generate two packages given an upstream source archive?
I am packaging something for my PPA. The upstream source is a .tar.gz archive which is Makefile-based.
Since this package has a significant amount of architecture-independent data, it would be wise ...
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How come the override_dh_build-indep sequence isn't run by debuild?
I'm having a bad time trying to generate some documentation for a shared library within debian/rules. I asked a question earlier about which target to use for generating the documentation.
My problem ...
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How do I create stand alone packages from ubuntu repository
Is it possible to create a stand alone deb packages by merging dependancies without manual repacking.??
I've looked at this question but it doesn't really answer what I'm trying to achieve above.
if ...
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Ubuntu packaging in bzr
A while ago there was talk of moving all (or at least some?) of the packaging effort to bzr branches on launchpad. I seem to remember there were a number of benefits mentioned, such as making it ...
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How can I use local .deb files in my pbuilder builds?
Often I need to create packages which another package depend on (i.e. build dependencies). Instead of having all those packages first being build in my ppa (which can sometimes take some time), I ...
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Building multiple packages for deployment on different Ubuntu versions
I need to build debs for Ubuntus Lucid on. I know I can set up VMs/chroots, etc to make a distribution per build, but is there a mechanism from my Oneiric machine to do something like:
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Building a .deb file, install dependencies too
I am part of a small team that develop an intranet web app. We want to a method of easy installation, so we were thinking about how apt-get works, especially with installing dependencies.
Our app has ...
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How to package an application that contains a binary that needs to be in $PATH?
I am packaging an application that contains binaries that would normally go in /usr/bin and a shared library that would go in /usr/lib.
However, the package guidelines for submitting applications to ...
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Is there a way to test packages I build for correct dependencies?
I'm absolutely new to packaging, so forgive me if I am asking something obvious for an experienced packager...
How can I be sure that mentioned all the dependencies correctly in my package?
Say that ...
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How do I investigate/confirm the identity of a PPA maintainer (e.g., Chromium Team)?
The Chromium Stable PPA (as found here: ppa:chromium-daily/stable) is maintained by Chromium Team (https://launchpad.net/~chromium-team). I assume this is "Google's" Chromium developers? If so, I ...
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How to use one recipe to create packages for different ubuntu series (trouble with ./debian/changelog)?
The launchpad's beta feature allows to create ubuntu packages using recipes. I got them to work, and I am now able to use them for packaging my project.
However, I have little trouble with the ...
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How to build packages for Maverick while running Lucid?
I would like to be able to build a package for the Maverick distribution release of Ubuntu, while running the Lucid distribution release.
I found this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot ...
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Using the RandR-enabled nvidia 302.xx beta driver in 12.04 with a realtime kernel
How can I use the recent beta of the 302 version of the nvidia driver (which finally supports the RandR extension!) with a realtime kernel in Precise?
This question contains information on enabling ...
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Adding PPA on install
I have a app I am packaging for ubuntu.
I don't like the idea that if included in the ubuntu repositories I will have no control over updating that application. I don't want my users stuck on an out ...
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How do I install a package with aptitude?
I've looked at an aptitude tutorial and read the man page, but I just don't get it. After you launch aptitude, how do you say "install package foo"? Or search for all packages with "foo" in their ...
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How to create deb installer from tarballs? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Simplest Debian Packaging Guide?
there are several tarballs (e.g. Firefox, Eclipse, Zend Studio and ...) that have executable file within, that easily we can extract ...
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Why ubuntu sources are different to the originals?
When I do:
wget ftp://ftp.openbsd.com/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-5.8p1.tar.gz
wget ftp://ftp.openbsd.com/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-5.8p1.tar.gz.asc
gpg openssh-5.8p1.tar.gz.asc
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How to create a .deb file with dependency?
I have a game made with the LÖVE framework and i want it into a .deb file so it can be easily installed by others and easily findable through the Unity dash for example. I also have the LÖVE framework ...
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Steps for creating a slightly modified package and uploading it in a PPA?
I just want to use an Ubuntu package from the official Ubuntu repos, modify its source just a tiny bit (it will not affect dependencies or anything) and then upload it into a Launchpad PPA I made for ...
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Rename a file during install of a Debian package
I have a python script that I want to package for Debian. I use a debian/install file where I wrote
auto_dice.py /usr/bin/
Linitan then complains about the .py extension ...
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upstart init script remains on apt-get remove
I just created my first .deb file ever from a Python script. I included a package.upstart file under package/debian and all installed great.
However, I noticed that apt-get remove package leaves the ...
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How Do I Package My Application for the Ubuntu Software Centre?
I'm an old hand at software development, but not so experienced with packaging. I've built one dpkg before, but it wasn't a source package.
I'm working on getting an application submitted to the ...
