debpkg.mk

Debian package makefile (minimal)

Getting started

Creating a folder for your packages

The first step is always to create a new folder that will contain your sources for the packages.

$ mkdir my_debs
$ cd my_debs

Downloading debpkg.mk

The next step is to download debpkg.mk. Right now the best way is to use the git repository as source. Doing it this way causes a little bit loger url but works best.

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bennof/debpkg.mk/master/debpkg.mk

Or:

$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bennof/debpkg.mk/master/debpkg.mk

Create your first package

To create your first package just run:

$ make -f debpkg.mk new NAME=my_package

Now you should edit the control file in my_package/DEBIAN/control. All fields needed have a preset. The Username is set using the $USER environment variable. The name ist the package name. For further information read https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html

One of the most important fields is DEPENDS. Here are all dependency packages listed (comma sperated). https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html

Next you can build the filesystem tree and insert the files to be installed.

Pack your package

Just run:

$ make -f debpkg.mk build

All packages are in ./.build/.

Install to a local repository

Experimental Just run:

$ sudo make -f debpkg.mk install
$ apt-get update
$ apt-cache search my_package
> my_package - some description 

Create a Makefile / Config

You can create a Makefile after downloading debpkg.mk:

# My Makefile
BUILD_PATH:=some/path # here are the created deb-files (INFO: this folder should not be detected by SRCS)
REP_NAME:=repository_name
INSTALL_PATH:=/some/path/to/private/repository_name # here will the private repository be build
SRCS:=my_package_1 my_package_2 # your packages 

include debpkg.mk

Further commands

Help

$ make -f debpkg.mk help

Test

$ make -f debpkg.mk test

Update

$ make -f debpkg.mk update

Init

$ make -f debpkg.mk init