creates *.deb files from known folders.

it doesn't require any fancy library to work, just standard tools.

• bash
• mktmp
• ar
• tar
• gzip

$ ./deb-creator <project-folder>

• project/ directory:
  • data/ (required)
  • control.install (require)
  • postinstall.script (not required)
  • postremove.script (not required)
  • preinstall.script (not required)
  • preremove.script (not required)
  • triggers (not required)

this folder will contain a sort of chrooted environment.

Example:

$ cd data
$ find .
./include/
./include/libCoolThis/
./include/libCoolThis/libCoolThis.h
./lib/
./lib/libCoolThis/
./lib/libCoolThis/libCoolThis.a
./lib/libCoolThis/libCoolThis.so
./usr/
./usr/share/
./usr/share/doc/
./usr/share/doc/libCoolThis/
./usr/share/doc/libCoolThis/copyright

control.install requires the following data fields:

• PACKAGE (required)
• VERSION (required)
• SECTION (required)
• ARCHITECTURE (required)
• MAINTAINER_NAME (required)
• MAINTAINER_EMAIL (required)
• DESCRIPTION (required)
• DEPENDENCIES (suggested)
• HOMEPAGE
• PRIORITY

Example of control.install file:

PACKAGE="your_package_name"
VERSION="1.00"
SECTION="user/hidden"
ARCHITECTURE="amd64"
DEPENDENCIES="libc6 (>= 2.17), adduser"
MAINTAINER_NAME="maintainer full name"
MAINTAINER_EMAIL="[email protected]"
DESCRIPTION="my project description\nthat can contain new lines."

Specifically here is described the required format:

• Version (documentation)

  • Requires to follow the following syntax [epoch:]upstream_version[-debian_revision]

• Section (documentation)

• Architecture (documentation):

  • amd64 64-bit x86 (x86_64)
  • arm64 64-bit ARM (AArch64)
  • armel EABI ARM
  • armhf Hard Float ABI ARM
  • i386 32-bit x86 (i386)
  • mips MIPS (big-endian mode)
  • mipsel MIPS (little-endian mode)
  • mips64el MIPS (64-bit little-endian mode)
  • ppc64el Power7+, Power8
  • s390x System z

• Dependencies:

Dependencies are separated by a , (comma<space>).

Example:

libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libapparmor1 (>= 2.9.0-3+exp2), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libblkid1 (>= 2.19.1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup4 (>= 2:1.4.3), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.7.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libip4tc0 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), libkmod2 (>= 5~), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r127), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libmount1 (>= 2.26.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libseccomp2 (>= 2.3.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9), libsystemd0 (= 232-25+deb9u4), util-linux (>= 2.27.1), mount (>= 2.26), adduser, procps

A dpkg trigger is a facility that allows events caused by one package but of interest to another package to be recorded and aggregated, and processed later by the interested package. This feature simplifies various registration and system-update tasks and reduces duplication of processing.

documentation

Example:

interest-noawait /etc/init.d

• If added, the scripts postinstall.script and postremove.script will be executed after the installation or after removing of the deb files
• If added, the scripts preinstall.script and prerm.script will be executed before installation or before removing the deb files.

Suggested shebang command: #!/bin/sh -e