personal package builder for Debian packages
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Problem in pbuilder-dist raring create
When I run the command
pbuilder-dist raring create
In 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 it gives this output: http://pastebin.com/QNqpjV6F and the error at the end of the file.
I am able to install all ...
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Howto handle packaging and development in one git repository?
From my point of view at the moment git-buildpackage is only intended for using upstream sources which are not in the same repository.
I already have a git-buildpackage repository with the branches ...
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From launchpad code branch to ppa
I want to
Go to a known project in a launchpad branch
Modify a small parameter in the code/configuration
Build the new thing into a ppa
I get most of that, but the < source.changes > in
$ ...
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How to resolve unmet dependency in pbuilder when building a Debian / Ubuntu package?
I am following the steps in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto to build a package, and I get stuck with unmet dependencies in apt-get. The command that I use to build are:
$ sudo pbuilder ...
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cowbuilder --create --distribution lucid fails
I'm trying to create a build environment for Lucid, and calling cowbuilder --create --distribution lucid fails with the messages below:
Get:1 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg ...
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How do I specify a Ubuntu version when invoking pdebuild?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise), but when I run pdebuild, it builds a package for Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal). How do I force pdebuild to target a specific version of Ubuntu?
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pbuilder gives an error when packaging Qt application into .deb on LinuxMint [closed]
I wanted to have a go at packaging a Qt app into a deb file to submit to the ubuntu software center so I made a small helloworld applicationa and followed the steps on this page.I get a problem when I ...
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How do I run lintian from pbuilder-dist?
I am using pbuilder-dist to build my packages for Debian unstable and Ubuntu Precise. I want to know how to run lintian (and possibly other commands) inside a certain chroot.
I have Ubuntu 12.04 on ...
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pbuilder-dist precise build *.dsc fails
I'm following this tutorial on the Ubuntu on how to fix a bug, but am encountering a problem when I try to build the source package. In the section entitled 'Testing the fix', the reader is told to ...
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How can I make pbuilder use my apt-cacher-ng instance?
I have a apt-cacher-ng server on my LAN network, and I was wondering how I could "force" pbuilder to use it (to speed up package builds).
Typical setup client-side of the cache goes something like ...
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Is it possible to run pbuilder without root privileges?
I realize that setting up pbuilder requires root privileges, but does each invocation really require root privileges?
Is there any way of running pbuilder as a standard user?
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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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Getting set up with git-buildpackage, pbuilder, etc for software packaging
I'm packaging software at work and the scope has increased to have Lucid-based as well as Karmic-based versions. Right now I just build inside a Karmic vm using git-buildpackage calling debuild, but ...
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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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tmpfs for cowbuilder builds? [closed]
I'm a packager, so I often need to use cowbuilder or pbuilder to build packages either for my own use or when I'm sponsoring somebody elses' work.
On my laptop, my disk isn't the fastest in the ...
