5 Tips for Managing Debian Packages
If you’ve ever thought “there should be a command that does X” for Linux, there probably is. Finding it, however, is not always easy. This is especially true when managing packages on Debian-based...
View ArticleHOWTO: Create a Debian Meta Package
The following is a short tutorial on how to create a Debian meta package. Just as a brief background for those that do not know what a meta package is – a meta package is a Debian package that simply...
View ArticleProgamatically Comparing Debian Package Versions
Continuing on with this project it became necessary to look a little deeper on how apt based software repositories handle version numbers. At first I thought this was the silliest overly complicated...
View ArticleDebian packaging for beginners @ FOSDEM
After not attending FOSDEM for a few years, this year I decided to attend and also give a talk about “Debian packaging for beginners”, a replay of a talk given by Gergely Nagy in Debconf11. As the per...
View ArticleDebian/Ubuntu: Making a Package Repository on Your LAN
This is one of those things that doesn’t get explained much, because it’s almost too simple to document: it’s often useful to keep a few Debian package files (.deb files, used in Debian, Ubuntu, and...
View ArticleHow To Fix Broken Packages In Ubuntu Or Debian
Adding a PPA channel to your system is stupidly simple, but once you’ve done it and you’re not properly versed in Debian package management, you may have destroyed your system. I got this software from...
View ArticleWorking the Debian Packaging
So, I (an RPM packager) have taken it on – APT packages. A Linux distribution I’m not all too familiar with, a packaging mechanism I’m not all too familiar with, and guidelines and processes and rules...
View ArticleHow to use quilt to manage patches in Debian packages
Most Debian source packages are using the “3.0 (quilt)” format. This means that Debian changes to upstream files are managed in a quilt patch series. Knowledge of quilt is thus a must if you want to...
View ArticleDebian Package Tracking System now produces RDF description of source packages
From now on, the Debian Package Tracking System (PTS) will produce, alongside HTML pages meant for humans, RDF pages meant for Linked Data / Semantic Web aware applications. Read more here
View ArticleBuilding Debian packages with Deb-o-Matic
Today I’ll be telling you about an interesting way to build your Debian packages using Deb-o-Matic, a tool developed and maintained by Luca Falavigna. Some more details about this tool from the...
View ArticleUsing cloud to rebuild Debian
Making sure that all packages are of necessary quality is hard work. That’s why there is freeze before releasing new Debian to make sure that there are no known release critical bugs....
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