Packaging a shell script Setting up the package directory $ sudo apt-get install dh-make devscripts

The debuild tool is installed via the devscripts package.

Tools necessary for this tutorial: dh_make and debuild. You can skip ahead and clone a git repository containing the code from this tutorial: We finish by using the debuild command to build the package containing our shell script(s). We then edit the debian/install file to include the scripts to be installed by the package we’re creating and their install location on the target system. This specially named directory is used by the dh_make command to generate the debian boilerplate and control files. We’ll start by creating the directory where all the work will be done. Starting from structuring the packaging directory to building the final debian package, this tutorial covers the process of creating a debian package with just a few simple steps. This post goes over the creation of a debian package containing shell scripts using dh_make and debuild.

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