Questions tagged [software-packaging]

In package management systems, which are commonly used with Linux-based operating systems, a package is a specific piece of software which the system can install and uninstall.

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Windows server 2012 URI showing undefined in a file path in IE

I have a software package which has following components. AngularJS client end Windows service on the server end. There is a functionality I have - When client requests for a report, I generate it on the server side and save it at a path. Path…
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What does “packaging” refer to in the software Deployment process?

From what I understand the deployment process consists of these steps. Compiling, linking/packaging, deploying. What does the packaging refer to? is that just a reference to packaging the object files together?
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How to install a second/third/python on my system?

How can I install (on Linux) a plain Python distribution to e.g. /opt/myPythonProject/python? When I afterwards install packages (e.g. pip) all packages should go in /opt/myPythonProject. It should simply ignore system python and it's packages. My…
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Packaging and deploying a self-contained Python app

I have a bunch of Python scripts that I want to deploy to other machines. Thing is, I want to have everything self-contained and not depend on the other machines' libraries. For example I don't want to request users to have virtual environment and…
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Java application is packaged but can not run it

I am trying to use Jarbundler to package my Java application to be used on Mac. As the application is a maven based application I used mvn ant:ant command to convert it to ant; However, when I run it returns an error as following: Error: Could…
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how to get debain package unpacked first before debconf prompt is shown?

I am working on Debian packaging source to install few files on user machine. There is common logic that is being used by debconf/config script and postinst script. So, I placed the common logic in a separate file and added it as part of the package…
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How to load private shared libraries within "rules" make file in deb-packaging

I am making a dabian binary package for local use. dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot is failed due to below error. find /home/dwft78/project/CoreScanner/cscore-1.0/lib -name "libcs*" -type f -exec cp -f {}…
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how to package software with its dependencies as one binary

in addition to providing the software via package managers, is there a way to provide the software with all its dependencies packaged into one for download. i.e one big binary. The goal is for users without permissions or with dependency issues to…
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How to Package and Deploy JavaScript

I looked at the SO Packaging JavaScript & CSS Now while this does offer 6 applications which can be used. It does not mention Grunt, Yoeman and NPM Or, it addresses after packaging HOW do we deploy JavaScript There is also Juicer and maven Tools…
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Debian packaging helper tools for beginners

I wanted to create my own Debian package for the first time, but I'm scared of the tools that are used in this tutorial. There are several text files that you need to be careful not to break their content structure, there are some directory…
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Debian packaging changing file

I am currently in the progress of packaging a binary file and have all of the directories setup and ready to package. When I package the file using the debuild -b command the script works and creates a debian package but I notice when I do a SHA1…
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Packaging winpexpect with pyinstaller

I've attempted to create a pretty basic executable with pyinstaller, but when I run it winpexpect (a windows version of pexpect) throws me a pretty undecipherable error. I've really only been able to deduce that the error occurs when using the…
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Creating a DMG file . MonoDevelop (OSX) Version 3.0.6

I'm using MonoDevelop version 3.0.6 to develop a C#.NET project on OSX. I'm about to pull my hair out. The UI is so frigging NON-intuitive! I would like to package my project up in an installer (.dmg file). I've read that it's possible but the…
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Failed dependency by installing self made rpm package

I'm trying to create an RPM (redhat) package to install nagios on a redhat system. Everything goes well but when I try to install the package I get Failed dependencies: perl (Net::SNMP) is needed by nagios-1-1.x86_64 I don't even know why it…
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How do I package my appjs app?

I'm trying to release a package for my appjs app but there doesn't seem to be any easy way for end users to "just run" the application without a terminal. Is there anyway to do this that is fool proof?
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