[SOLVED] Building .deb package from git source

dice · 2021-04-15 09:49:12

Im wanting to have a try at creating .deb for the slstatus package but not sure how.

Could i just git clone slstatus and use dh_make from there or would be better off downloading the tar?

I successfully created a .deb of a shell script but a git repo is a bit daunting, is there any good tutorials for this type of build?

Edit: Ive read the f'ing manual but still confused im stuck at debian/rules

dh_usrlocal: debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin/slstatus is not a directory
make: *** [debian/rules:18: binary] Error 25
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1182:
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui failed

Last edited by dice (2021-04-15 10:16:21)

GlennW · 2021-04-15 10:44:38

Whenever I get stuck like this I create the directories... and re-run the command.

use

locate debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin/slstatus

work your way back from there...

create directory...

mkdir debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin/slstatus

See if that helps. Sometimes it's a permission to write by the program.

see how you go.

ShorTie · 2021-04-15 11:17:18

"is there any good tutorials", Nope
There is like no tutes on writing a deb that I can find.

To me it's looking for a directory to include in the deb.

dh_usrlocal: debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin/slstatus is not a directory

I'd say you need to add in your rules file to create it

mkdir -vp debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin

/usr/local/bin/slstatus only makes sense to me as a program, not a directory

Good luck
It's a matter of play to get it working

dice · 2021-04-15 12:40:11

Thanks for the hints. Figured it out somewhat from dwm apt source.

slstatus-1.0/debian/rules

#!/usr/bin/make -f

export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all

SHELL := sh -e

%:
        dh ${@}

override_dh_auto_clean:
        rm -f config.h
        $(MAKE) clean

override_dh_auto_install:
        $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/slstatus PREFIX=/usr

        mv debian/slstatus/usr/bin/slstatus debian/slstatus/usr/bin/slstatus.default
        ln -s slstatus.1.gz debian/slstatus/usr/share/man/man1/slstatus.default.1.gz

Last edited by dice (2021-04-15 12:47:19)

dice · 2021-04-15 12:45:27

can see the new marked SOLVED link in op too, nice addition admin.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2021-04-15 13:50:23

The best way to create .deb packages is with the debmake command.

dice wrote:

any good tutorials

Have you seen https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/?

I made a package for slstatus a while ago, here's a link to my debian directory tarball: https://download.opensuse.org/repositor … ian.tar.xz

dice wrote:

       ln -s slstatus.1.gz debian/slstatus/usr/share/man/man1/slstatus.default.1.gz

Was the man page not installed automatically by dh_installman(1)?

EDIT: corrected download link.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2021-04-15 13:52:10)

dice · 2021-04-15 14:16:17

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

The best way to create .deb packages is with the debmake command.
dice wrote:
any good tutorials
Have you seen https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/?
I made a package for slstatus a while ago, here's a link to my debian directory tarball: https://download.opensuse.org/repositor … ian.tar.xz
dice wrote:
       ln -s slstatus.1.gz debian/slstatus/usr/share/man/man1/slstatus.default.1.gz
Was the man page not installed automatically by dh_installman(1)?
EDIT: corrected download link.

Thanks.

I fear any package for slstatus will be mostly personal via source, but its good to have a binary for easy installation. What features does your package have as default settings?

The default debian/rules were not enough to successfully build the deb so i borrowed the rules from apt source dwm and modified to suit. It would have picked up man page with dh_installman i suppose.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2021-04-15 14:42:57

dice wrote:

What features does your package have as default settings?

I cut the guts out of the suckless original, here's my de-commented config.def.h:

const unsigned int interval = 1000;

static const char unknown_str[] = "n/a";

#define MAXLEN 2048

static const struct arg args[] = {
   { load_avg,     " %s  •  ", NULL },
   { battery_perc, "%s",       "BAT0" },
   { datetime,     "%s",       "%  •  %F  •  %T" },
};

I also removed the unwanted components and associated lines in the Makefile.

The resultant binary is tiny:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22656 May 12  2019 /usr/bin/slstatus

But the memory usage is about the same as a (dash) shell script:

268.0 KiB + 338.0 KiB = 606.0 KiB       status
240.0 KiB + 392.0 KiB = 632.0 KiB       slstatus

*shrugs*

dice · 2021-04-15 14:49:50

ive got volume via dev/mixer and cpu temp which bumps my settings up somewhat.

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31784 Apr 15 22:14 /usr/bin/slstatus

static const struct arg args[] = {
        /* function format          argument */
        { vol_perc,     " V: %s % | ",          "/dev/mixer" },
        { run_command, " C: %s | " ,            "/home/dice/bin/temp" },
        { battery_perc,  "B: %2s %% | ",      "BAT1"           },
        { datetime, "T: %s",           "%R" },
};

Head_on_a_Stick · 2021-04-15 14:54:31

Did you remove the unwanted stuff from the components directory and delete the lines relating to them in the Makefile? That reduces the size of the binary considerably.

dice · 2021-04-15 14:58:25

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Did you remove the unwanted stuff from the components directory and delete the lines relating to them in the Makefile? That reduces the size of the binary considerably.

~~so just delete the components not needed in the Makefile as well?~~

wouldnt deleting the lines in the makefile be enough?

eg;

REQ = util
COM =\
        components/battery\
        components/cpu\
        components/datetime\
        components/disk\
        components/entropy\
        components/hostname\
        components/ip\
        components/kernel_release\
        components/keyboard_indicators\
        components/keymap\
        components/load_avg\
        components/netspeeds\
        components/num_files\
        components/ram\
        components/run_command\
        components/separator\
        components/swap\
        components/temperature\
        components/uptime\
        components/user\
        components/volume\
        components/wifi

Last edited by dice (2021-04-15 15:01:52)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2021-04-15 15:00:25

Yes, that's right.

Here's mine:

COM =\
        components/battery\
        components/datetime\
        components/load_avg

I also cut up the load_avg component so that it only displays the first value (from the last minute)

dice · 2021-04-15 15:14:36

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Yes, that's right.
Here's mine:
COM =\
        components/battery\
        components/datetime\
        components/load_avg
I also cut up the load_avg component so that it only displays the first value (from the last minute)

Got it down to this.

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23336 Apr 15 22:14 /usr/bin/slstatus

REQ = util
COM =\
        components/battery\
        components/datetime\
        components/run_command\
        components/volume\

Thanks for the tips.

Last edited by dice (2021-04-15 15:15:04)

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