Packaging relates to creating packages for the operating systems' package managers.
Questions tagged [packaging]
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Command to organize a Finder window
I'm building a packaged-based OS X image, and, with new software added, the Application's folder is a mess (with icons obscuring each other and things in disarray).
I thought deleting the .DS_Store file would fix it, but it doesn't seem to. Is…

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Specific file permissions in .deb
I can create a .deb package successfully with all the file owner fields set correctly. Unfortunately the permission fields are ignores. For example I install one file with:
install -v -cm 400 -o ${user} *.pl ${DESTDIR}${dir}
but all the files in…

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fpm doesn't deal with dependanices
I've read the docs and other tutorials to try to get fpm to handle dependencies while building debian packages, but it fails every time.
my build.sh
#!/bin/bash
#…

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Debian package: postinst error log?
I've created *.deb package with a postinst script. On some hosts it works with errors:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Is there a place where these errors are logged so I can have more detailed info (line # and error…

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Install pdf2swf on Ubuntu Trusty Tahr(14.04)
It seems the Ubuntu 14.04 repository contains a version of swftools without pdf2swf--see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+package/swftools
This package does not include pdf2swf and avi2swf
How do I get pdf2swf installed on Ubuntu 14.04

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Can a working Tomcat 6 webapp be turned into a usable .war file?
Problem: I have a working webapp on a FreeBSD 8.1 Tomcat 6 test server that I need to move to a production system. The developer who last touched it (and had root on that server) has moved on and isn't helpful. The running app seems to have been…

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Bootstrap a debian build environment and build source packages with no root privileges
On debian squeeze, I am trying to do the following :
fetch sources package from the wheezy source repository
bootstrap a squeeze chroot for several architectures
build the packages for several architectures (i386, amd64, all and any)
I want both…

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Using signed debian packages for internal repository
We are using an internal debian repository for backports and internal software.
We chose reprepro to manage the repository, and we sign source packages (with debsign) so that the repository accepts our gpg keys as trusted.
We created an internal…

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How do I include a customized configuration file in a rebuilt RPM?
We've rebuilt a bunch of RPMs because we wanted to remove modules and change config options for items specific to our production environment. We're hosting them in a private repo, and have them signed with our own GPG key and have our company name…

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Python deployment fails with "packaging 21.2 has requirement pyparsing<3,>=2.0.2, but you have pyparsing 3.0.5."
Issue in google app engine:
previous deployment 1 week ago was ok, now i get
"packaging 21.2 has requirement pyparsing<3,>=2.0.2, but you have pyparsing 3.0.5."
both packages are not defined in the requirements.txt file.
It looks like a new…

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Debian Packaging : How to prevent "trying to overwrite" error
I have two Debian Packages that were previously made on our internal repository.
They both share the same source code but are compiled with a distinct option, creating two separate binaries with the same libs. They were ment to be installed in…

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How can I force the postinst for package A to run before the one for package B without depending on it?
(Hint to the reader: For the purpose of this post you can safely ignore what ufw is and how it actually works. My question is not about ufw, but about packaging).
I have my own Deb package mypackage. It does some networking and requires certain…

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Open Build System error, nothing provides dh-systemd(>=1.5) in Ubuntu 16.04 repository
I am trying to build a custom nginx package for Ubuntu 16.04 [link to my project]. I created my gpg signed files to be uploaded using the command
Code:
debuild -S -sa -k'mygpgkey'
and uploaded
nginx_1.8.0-1ppa~xenial.debian.tar.xz,…

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Centos package naming for FreeIPA?
Where can I find information about CentOS package management?
I installed Spacewalk recently and noticed that FreeIPA was listed as ready for an update. The versions are differently named, and the FreeIPA mailing list said it was a CentOS issue. I…

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wrap exe to another exe with silent installation command
I need help to check what is the tool able achieve this by wrap the exe and lic file and run the command
I have a installer.exe and installer.lic file, the exe support silent install command install the program silently
eg : installer.exe -l…

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