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[Andrew]

First take a look at this:
http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=9073
then this;
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/

there's a lot there, but here's the drill:

Install the following packages from Xandros Networks:

debhelper
dh-make
fakeroot

Now read through Chapter 2 of the maintainers guide...

Here's how I implement chapter 2:

I created a directory call Deb_Build in my Downloads folder
In the Deb_build directory I make a new folder with the name of the app I'm gonna package, for expample newapp-1.2
Next I download the tarball into that directory, and extract it into that same directory
Then I enter that directory and open a Console window and run the dh_make command: dh_make -f ../newapp-1.2.tar.gz

I was never able to get the BS in Chapter 3 to work....

In chapter 4 the control file is fairly important (you put the description, and dependencies there), and the rules file is VERY important, the first thing I do is change the configure line of the rules file so that it reads:

./configure --prefix=/usr

and if it says it can't find QT, I add the following to it:
-with-qt-includes=/usr/include/qt3

I never got anything out of Chapter 5....

In chapter 6 you get the command you use to actually create the debian package:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

This will:

run, the configure command, make and make install into the debian/newapp directory...

If everything runs ok you get a deb package in the same directory as your tarball, if not you need to correct the problem (install a dependent package), and rerun the "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot" command.

OK, so to break that down:

First you run dh_make (this creates the "debian" folder)
then edit the debian/rules fils (this contains the ./configure, make and make install commands)
Lastly run the "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot" command (this creates the debian package)


I hope some of this makes sense...

--Andrew
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[mike80808]

Thanks a gajillion, Andrew.

I hope to be building new DEBs for Xandros in no time.

Can I adapt this for the ArchLUG Kwikis?
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Thanks for all the fishes, Xandros.

[Andrew]

[mike80808]

I just followed this "kwiki" to build the kfiresaver3d as a deb for Xandros from a source tarball.

A couple of corrections to your original post:

The required package to install is "dh-make", not "dh_make".
The command it installs is, in fact, "dh_make", however.

The debian/rules file:

The place to add the configure options is the big long nasty ./configure one with all sorts of other options. I just appended the --prefix option and the --with-qt-includes options, since this particular application requires QT.

The option is "--with-qt-includes", note the leading double-dash.

I also had to add double-quotes around the CFLAGS settings. This particular build sets "CFLAGS=-Wall -g -O2", which when expanded as CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS), does not retain the value as a single value, and ends up looking for the non-existent "-g" command.

The corrected code is:

[Andrew]