Questions tagged [packaging]
refers to the creation and maintenance of Debian or snap 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 do I install a non-standard Package Manager on Ubuntu? [closed]
I want to know where the package manager is installed in Ubuntu. I know that it is pre-installed but I still want to know. I want to check it manually. Is there a directory or is it a kernel module, ...
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Bittorent tracker packaged for Ubuntu?
I am looking for a bittorrent tracker that I can run on an Ubuntu server. Is one packaged for Ubuntu?
I have found the Wikipedia list of bittorrent trackers, and as far as I can tell, none are ...
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Including shared libraries in a .deb package
I have a binary file that is dependent on a few shared libraries, I am trying to package this binary with the required libraries and install them alongside my app.
The libraries were built by myself, ...
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Updating packages policy
I need to use libvirt 8.10+ and as it is right now - I'm compiling it from sources, but my solution is far from being perfect (I had to disable apparmor for instance), I would love to install it from ...
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libz.so.1: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32 - Need to install the 64 bit package for zlib
I am getting this error when compiling:
libz.so.1: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32
From what I read online this happens when a directory which the script is calling is 32 bit and the script is looking ...
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How would one craft a dsc that builds a package from multiple upstream source repositories
This is a complex one releated specifically to Debian/Ubuntu packaging (i.e. making .debs).
I've got a set of projects that are all currently separate. Using my real project (Jellyfin) here for ...
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Why does Canonical organize Launchpad as separate PPAs for each author, rather than as a single repository?
The popularity of Ubuntu has encouraged many authors to ensure that their applications are distributed as APT packages that function under Ubuntu releases. However, the infrastructure and tools ...
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Number of cores used by snapcraft when building snap
I am using snapcraft to build chromium.
I see that it creates a VM with Multipass.
$ snapcraft
Support for 'multipass' needs to be set up. Would you like to do it now? [y/N]: Y
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multipass 1.10.1 ...
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How do I see which kernel patches are included in an Ubuntu kernel image?
When I search for the kernel images on either Launchpad or the Ubuntu Package Library, the kernel changelogs only show something like:
linux-meta (5.15.0.47.47) jammy; urgency=medium
* Bump ABI 5....
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Packaging New Software on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
My goal is to learn the correct and current process for packaging software on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I am following the Packaging guide for Ubuntu.
The documentation section "Starting a Package" (...
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Launchpad PPA: " dh_install: warning: Cannot find (any matches for) "=>" (tried in ., debian/tmp)" while building package with dh-exec
I'm working on moving some of my packaging routines into CI workflows to save myself some time when releasing new versions of my app. However, I've been running into a weird issue with Launchpad that ...
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Do Ubuntu releases "pin" a specific Python minor version (e.g. 3.9)?
I'm curious if Ubuntu "pins" minor Python versions for each of its releases. Looking at the package details for python3 in Focal, compared to other LTS releases, e.g. Bionic seems to be ...
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Are all shared libraries contained in packages whose name begin with "lib"?
So do soname bumps happen in packages whose name start by "lib" only?
Debian policy tells about run-time shared libraries:
Normally, the run-time shared library and its SONAME symlink ...
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How can I make debhelper honor parallel=n?
I'm trying to make a Debian package for a cmake project that, in single-threaded mode, takes 3 hours to compile. I'm trying to get a parallel build, but failing.
I've tried setting parallel=4 in my ...
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Build deb package with more recent cmake on launchpad
I created a library that I'd like to share via deb packages in a ppa.
I'd like to support from ubuntu 20.04 but I need a more recent version of cmake to build the library, and I'm wondering what would ...
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How would I convert a cmake kde package to a deb source format
So I want to convert the package plank-player to Debian source
to be easily compiled, the package uses CMake.
Note I do not know what else to put in here so yay if your info ask
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Are there common scripts one can use in its postinst, postrm, etc.?
I'm working on many separate projects each of which comes with a separate Debian package for Ubuntu.
For all of the projects including a service, I end up doing similar things in their preinst, ...
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build deb package that uninstall another package in case of remove or purge
i try to build an package, which can uninstall another package, if my package should be uninstall.
I have tryed the "Depends" and the "Pre-Depends" policy in the control file. But ...
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Set default application for mime type on deb file
I create a deb package using dpkg-deb on Ubuntu 20.04, in myApp.desktop I added a MimeType=text/plain;, but is-it possible to set myApp to open by default the file of mime type text/plain ?
I need it ...
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Building linux-tools deb produces empty binary packages
I'm trying to build the linux-tools-generic package on Ubuntu Impish (i.e. 21.10).
I am trying to follow the guides I can find (e.g. this one), so the workflow looks something like this:
Set up by ...
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Making deb package for a few commands
I want to make a package to execute a few commands.
The first option I considered was making a postinst file.
But it seems that thus would be executed after the package is installed, so if that script ...
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Can I make my own .deb's that modify files created by other .debs?
For example, I'd like all the Ubuntu Desktops that I deploy to have some customization's to the settings found in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/, but if i edit those files, and then do apt update &&...
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After extracting an AppImage and making some changes how to build the AppImage again?
I have downloaded a software as an AppImage then I have extracted it as follows:
./softwareName.AppImage --appimage-extract
# The result is a directory: squashfs-root
I have made some changes to the ...
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What is the official Debian/Ubuntu way to install new configuration files in user directories?
I'm creating a package which includes some default settings for users. Things that generally appear under ~/.<some-name> or ~/.config/<app>/<some>.conf and similar files.
In most ...
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How does ubuntu manage packages?
A noob here. I really want to learn or at least have some ideas on how software is packaged in Ubuntu.
Is it compiled and packaged by the package author?
Or is it compiled by Ubuntu developers?
How do ...
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Debian rules files determine init
I want to modify the gdm3 package. I need a ifeq condition in the rules file, which should check whether systemd is installed. If systemd is the init system, then different build options are used. I ...
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Help creating source packages for launchpad [duplicate]
I want to upload the first version of my app to launchpad. Launchpad requires a source package of the app.
My app is written in C, it compiles with gcc and generates one binary. How can I create a ...
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Is there a debian package for the python module PyGLM?
I am trying to build a software in Launchpad, but I get the error
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'glm'
I found https://pypi.org/project/PyGLM/ but I could not find any package titled python3-...
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What is this error "brz: ERROR: TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'"?
I am following this tutorial: https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html to create an ubuntu package.
When it comes to bzr dh-make hello 2.10 hello-2.10.tar.gz I translate it to my ...
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`bzr builddeb -- -us -uc` fails
[PS: What I really want to achieave here is learn how to package new software]
I was following the instruction in https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html#building-the-package.
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unable to install VS code software [duplicate]
E: Unable to locate package vscode.deb
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'vscode.deb'
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How to install wasabi wallet on armhf architecture
How to create and install wasabi wallet on armhf architecture?
Is it possible to create it from its GitHub repository. If so, How?
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How to install Cozy Audiobook Player in Ubuntu 20.04 without Flatpak
I want to create a .deb file for Cozy from its GitHub repository. How do I make it? I don't want to use the Flathub version.
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.
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brz: ERROR: unknown command "dh-make"
I'm trying to build a deb according to the https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html
Everything was working 6 months ago. Now when I execute: bzr dh-make hello 2.10 hello-2.10.tar....
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How to create your own Linux package from scratch? [duplicate]
How do you create your own package in Linux, just like cd, ls, or any third party package?
All I know is how to create a .sh file, write a script in it and execute it using:
bash file_name
But in ...
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Copying debian directory from another branch to build in Launchpad
I am trying to build Cozy Audiobook in launchpad.
I have the imported the source branch (master) from GitHub, and a there is a different branch (deb-packaging-juno) containing the debian/ directory. ...
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Is it possible to create several debian packages with different names from one sources adding specific option
I created debian packages using debuild.
One by command with variable for one target type:
debuild --set-envvar=TARGET=S_SS -b -us -uc -aarm64
and another one for another one:
debuild --set-envvar=...
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How to injecting user-defined fields in binary package control files
It's possible to add user-defined fields in the debian/control file using the XBS- method, as defined in the Policy Manual.
Something like this before calling dpkg-buildpackage will work to inject a ...
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What creates the file /var/run/reboot-required
Does the file /var/run/reboot-required ONLY occur from a kernel update, or can a developer of a software package decide herself if she wants it to be created, if desired?
The following link explain ...
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Creating a Debian package for a Qt application built using CMake
I would like to create a .deb installation package for a GUI based Qt5 application. Most of the links available for this problem are pretty old, so I'm curious if there are more up-to-date solutions ...
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How to show text to user with snap install hook?
Hello I'm creating a snap package and I need to show something to user after install.
How to do it?
Thank you
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How to check some dependency for deb in preinst script when compat=9
I want to check some dependencies for the deb which compat equals to 9. If the dependency is not OK, just echo some warning but the deb can still be installed(It seems that Depends:xxx is not suitable ...
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Is there a canonical (no pun intended) source for Ubuntu version badges?
I just added a Debian version badge (from https://badges.debian.net/) to my font (https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font/tree/develop), and, since it's also available on Ubuntu, I'd like to add one too. ...
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When are packages released on packages.ubuntu.com? [duplicate]
I have often observed this: A release of a package has long been made on Github, but if I upgrade it with apt, it is not found. Example:
https://github.com/libgeos/geos : They show that 3.9 has ...
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DEBIAN or debian in .deb package?
I am experimenting with creating a .deb package and am unsure about the file structure of a package. Is the directory that contains control, changelog, rules, etc supposed to be named DEBIAN or debian?...
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Debian package with dependency to package in unconfigured PPA [duplicate]
I'm creating a debian package primary.deb (custom, home-made package for internal use) that depends on secondary.deb (hosted in external PPA).
I'd like the users of primary.deb to not explicitly have ...
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How to run OpenBLAS source package test from debian/test directory?
I need to understand how to run test from debian/test directory for OpenBLAS package.
Currently on my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS I did the following:
cd ~/Downloads
sudo apt-get build-dep openblas
apt-get ...
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Struggling to create python3 debian packages
I setup https://github.com/MirahezeBots/MirahezeBots/pull/436 which should run make-deb then dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc but that doesn't seem to work per https://github.com/MirahezeBots/MirahezeBots/...
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How to install debcargo in Ubuntu? It is in the Debian repositories, but not in Ubuntu [duplicate]
debcargo is a Debian package for packaging rust apps in .deb format. It is available in Debian Buster and above, but I could not find the package in Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10.
Why is the package not ...
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Read version of changelog file from variable for debian packaging
I have debian changelog file. The Head of the file is as follows. my-package ($VERSION) UNRELEASED; urgency=low .... When I rebuild the package I need to get the version from the environment variable.
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