pauloserrafh / listusb-pkg

listusb-pkg

Debian package for listusb

Install

To install, only the .deb file is required

Download the .deb installer

wget https://github.com/pauloserrafh/listusb-pkg/raw/master/listusb_1.0-1_amd64.deb

Install

dpkg -i listusb_1.0-1_amd64.deb

Run

listusb

Build

If you want to rebuild after changing the source files:

First it is necessary to download the source tarball. On github is possible to download as .zip or as .tar.gz if a release is created.

Rename the source tarball

The file should be renamed to follow the pattern listusb_X.Y.orig.tar.gz Note:

• X and Y are the version indicators
• .origis required before the .tar.gz extension.
• The separator from package name and version is lodash _

Extract the source tarball

Extract the source tarball in a folder with the patern listusb-X.Y Note:

• The separator from package name and version is -
• X and Y are the version indicators

Create initial package

• Move to the extracted directory cd listusb-X.Y

• Create the initial package dh_make

• (Optional) Remove *.ex and *.EX files rm *.ex *.EX

Update debian/rules

To have the package properly installed, it is necessary to have it properly installed at /usr/bin. Add the following lines to the newly created debian/rules file

override_dh_auto_install:
	install -D -m 0755 listusb $$(pwd)/debian/listusb/usr/local/bin/listusb

Note: The file follows the makefile sintax so it is required that the second line is idented with tabs and NOT spaces.

Run debuild

This is what actually creates the .deb package debuild -us -uc

Now you have an .deb file that can be installed using dpkg. See the references to learn how to publish on an ubuntu PPA.

References

Check some references to learn more about building Debian packages

• Debian Packaging Intro
• Debian Building Tutorial
• Using dh-make to prepare debian packages
• Building debian packages with debuild
• HOWTO: Build debian packages for simple shell scripts
• Building a Debian (.deb) source package, and publishing it on an Ubuntu PPA