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the use of Debian tooling for packaging and following Debian policy in the creation of .deb files.

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How to change the default directory structure of dh_make so that dpkg-buildpackage does not throw any errors

I am trying to create a debian package for a postgreSQL extension Apache-age release 1.1.1 and created the directory structure using dh_make command. The directory structure is as follows: age-1.1.1 (project root) ├── debian │   ├── changelog │  …
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Debian package: Is there an alternative to creating a symlink inside the user's home folder?

I'm developing a free guitar VST plugin that I want to distribute through a .deb package. In the postinst script, I run the xdg-desktop-menu command to create the launcher for the standalone version (which works fine), but DAWs (like reaper and…
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How to specify multiple versions of same driver/library in the dependency field of control file in debian packaging

I'm trying to make a debian package of Apache-Age and it can successfully build either with "postgresql-server-dev-11" or "postgresql-12" I've made my control file in the following way : Source: age Section: database Priority:…
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How do I get the Debian installer to require a specific OS version?

I'm trying to help my installer team find an answer to this issue: We have 2 Debian installers for Ubuntu. Let's say one requires Ubuntu 20.0.4 and the other is for a range of previous versions. Is there a way to force each installer notify the user…
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How to define rule file in debian packaging of a project which have a make file to build from source?

I'm new to stackoverflow so correct me if I made any mistake in providing the details. So I'm trying to make a deb file for Apache-Age, and going by the documentation, if we try to install AGE from source then we can simply do it by : make install…
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Debian Package Installation: post-installation script subprocess returned error

I need to have JavaFX Scene Builder in my Intellij Idea. To do so, I need to download and install SceneBuilder Debain package first on Deepin. With the following command sudo dpkg -i SceneBuilder-19.0.0.deb yields an error Selecting previously…
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Debian change dist-package path

I'm currently using Debian GNU/Linux bookworm, but I'm struggling with python3 package updates. In fact, it uses : /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages to check for packages installed for system software and this is not what i want. This directory…
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Aerospike debian compatibility metrics

On Aerospike docs it is mentioned that AS version 6.0 added support for deb 11. does it mean older AS version are not compatible with deb11? Can someone please share compatibility metrics of AS with debian version
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Debian packaging: How to set the path in the script telling where the debian packages needs to be installed

I created a debian package and successfully installed it but the problem is, it is not accessible. So that I want to write a script to tell where my debian package needs to be installed. Package is installed but it is not being accessible. I need a…
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Debian package in Ubuntu

I am using a tool (tagui) to automate the web. The dependency for this are the source file which actually contains the script for the automation, a jdk package, php and python. Trying to make this as a debian package so that it can be used as an…
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Resource folders for debian package

I have made a small C++ video game named Frutibandas, and now I want to distribute it under Linux with a Debian package. The binary must access two folders named "shaders" and "assets" at runtime. I created the Debian package so that it installs the…
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What is the Debian equivalent of RPM's debuginfo and debugsource packages and how can they be found?

In the RPM world, debug symbols and the source code for a package are packaged in RPMs with names ending in debuginfo and debugsource respectively. These can be downloaded using the dnf debuginfo-install command. In what kind of package will the…
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`debuild` corrupts/truncates the just built .net executable

I'm making an example packing a .net app into .deb source package. I made a repo with steps implemented from Debian's tutorial, but in my case adapted for the .net app. The repo contains three steps (shell files), so reproducing the package is…
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Create Debian package without bin dir inside project

deb package with structure (project (bin(source)) DEBIAN(control)) can be created But want to create deb package without bin directory instead there r multiple directories and source file inside the project, can't change files location. Can i make…
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how to create debian package using make all

I know how to create a .deb package with simple project using dpkg --build project in structure ( project ( bin (source files), debian (controlfile) )) but in case of complete project with Makefiles, can't copy the project bin folder. what to add…
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