Questions tagged [packaging]
creating packages for software installation, such as .deb (Debian & derivatives), .rpm (RHEL/CentOS), .bff (AIX), Solaris pkg / pkgadd, etc. Do NOT use this tag for /software-installation or /package-management
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Where should test executables be installed?
I am packaging a component that will also have test executables packaged with it (ideally in a separate package from the runtime package). Ideally, I don't want to package them in /usr/bin since the ...
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How does apk's replaces work when the package being replaced gets upgraded?
Say I have a package A, and package B. Package B contains some files which deliberately conflict with package A, and it is desirable for package B's files to be favoured over the ones in package A if ...
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How to get snapcraft CLI on Arch Linux?
Following the instructions on https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-on-arch-linux, I've got a snap command on my computer. I can use the snap tool to login/etc, but I want to create a snap package ...
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Signature from "TNE <[email protected]>" is unknown trust - Invalid or Corrupted package
While running pacman -Syu
After "(8/8) checking package integrity"
I'm facing the following issue with these packages:
error: 7-zip: signature from "TNE <[email protected]>"...
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Common practice for config files
I'm making a file manager system for managing my projects. My package is named filesystem. I need a config file that stores the path to the root of my file system.
I think I need to create a file /etc/...
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How do you define a dynamic default value in a Debian package template?
I have a package where I want the administrator to enter a list of interface names. I'd like that list to have a default. Only each system has a different list (eth0, enp0s3, eno1, to list a few).
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How should versioning of debian packages work with git?
As I understand it, debian packages should be named NAME_VERSION_ARCHITECTURE.
but when I use git as version control it and I rename the folder, it threats all files as deleted and then new.
Is there ...
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Could not execute mockbuild: Could not download sources
When writing a .spec file for Fedora, I ran into a problem. I can't seem to be able to do fedpkg mockbuild at all. No matter what source I use, HTTPS or local, I keep running into this error:
Failed ...
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How to package a Maven Java application for Debian?
I am trying to package a Java application that is built with Maven.
I created the debian/ folder with mh_make and I have been reading/watching the tutorials:
https://wiki.debian.org/Java/Packaging/...
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Bundle library for two architectures in the same package
I need to ship a Racket package that is cross compatible on x86 and arm. I have a shared library I depend on via FFI that I would like to bundle in, so that the user doesn't need to install it.
What ...
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How to build GNU Hello .deb?
I can't seem to work out how to build GNU Hello on Ubuntu 22.04. To reproduce, start a Docker container using docker run --interactive --rm --tty ubuntu:22.04, then run the following:
apt-get update
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unable to modify source directory in debuild
In my project, I use CMake and the source directory is not under the debian directory. I understand that I have to use the --sourcedirectory option in the rules to set the directory containing the ...
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build Debian package "chromium 108" on Debian Buster
I am trying to build chromium 108 for Debian Buster. The package only exists for Debian Bullseye, so on my Debian Buster build machine, I need to change the /etc/apt/sources.list to bullesyse and ...
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How to start a 3rdparty systemd service from a debian package
I have a debian package which contains configuration for systemd-networkd e.g. I configure my interface IP.
That only makes sense if systemd-networkd is running.
Because of that I want to ensure that ...
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How are binary packages isolated from host system?
How are binary packages (rpm, deb, etc) created for binutils, gcc and other packages that link to different libs depending on what exists on the host system?
In the LFS project, to isolate the new ...
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Is it possible to harden systemd below 7.0 if my package needs permissions to install other packages?
I am not sure if my question has a proper answer but I still wanted to try.
I want to harden my app systemd, the problem is that my package needs permissions to install other packages (that is one of ...
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How to package my software in nix or write my own package derivation for nixpkgs
How can I write a simple derivation to package a program for nix and how can I create a PR to include it in nixpkgs?
(I am writing this as I can't find simple explanations)
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apt-get is asking for an older .deb file from a local repo even after putting a newer version
I have a local repository setup on the server (server1) hosted by Nginx. It has few .deb packages and a bash script on another local server (server 2) uses the repo to install packages. I had to ...
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From program to complete project, what does a "real" Unix app require?
I'm finishing off a small command-line BASIC interpreter for Unix. It currently consists of a dozen sources and headers, a makefile, test files and an Xcode project for working on the Mac. This is my ...
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Creating rpm/deb packages for different configurations of my app which will replace each other
TL;DR I want to ship my application in two configurations: basic package and full package with additional modules. How do i do that?
I have two packages for my application for CentOS: app.rpm which is ...
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apt can't install anything after manually upgrading kernel to 5.18
I got a new laptop for work and now destroyed it lol
I installed Debian 11 with LVM and everything I needed.
How I ended up in this situation
Everything was perfect, except for my docking station ...
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dpkg-genbuildinfo: error: badly formed line in files list file, line 1
I am trying to debianize a collection of shell scripts. The build itself is quite simple, as there are no binaries to build – every file that will be installed on the target system is already present ...
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Why are there pre-compiled packages in repositories?
I love (the way) how Linux & Co. lets users install many packages from different repositories.
AFAIK, they come also with source-packages, so you can compile them by yourself.
But why even bother ...
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I need a package for my version of RHEL/EPEL/CentOS/Fedora, but it's only packaged for other versions of Redhatoids
I'm often in the situation where I backport some fedora-packaged software to CentOS, or forward-port something from an older version of EPEL to Fedora, or vice versa.
How can I do that with the least ...
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How to create from sources deb packages for different architectures
I have to install a software on some devices with debian package, it isn't available for their architectures on apt for debian (but it is available for other distibutions as e.g. ubuntu), and they ...
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How to prevent broken dependencies on own packages?
Two nights ago I compiled Calamares. The next morning, when trying to run it, I got:
/usr/bin/calamares: error while loading shared libraries:
libkpmcore.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No ...
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How do I build a .flatpak package file from a Flatpak manifest?
I have a Flatpak manifest I'm submitting to Flathub, but I'd also like to build a .flatpak package file that I can redistribute myself. How can I go about doing this? I don't find anything in flatpak-...
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If I do not care about debug support in red hat packages, what are the drawbacks of turning build-id support off in the specs file?
As a follow up on this question, what if I am not interested in having these debug features - how do I simply prevent these build-id files (debug info packages?) from being installed ? Ultimately I do ...
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How does apt keep track of BUILD (source) dependencies?
I want to download all (recursive) build dependencies to be able to build apt (debian) package from source. However, when I apt-get install path/*.debs with debs that I got by apt build-dep --download-...
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How make apt recognize newer oracle Java version
I used make-jpkg from the package java-package to create a new oracle-java8-jre Debian package. Everything works as expected, only apt wants always to update Java. Is there a way to make apt recognize ...
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Where to place a bash command while building debian package
I need to build a debian package using sbuild. This package has dependencies that it can't automatically resolve - specifically the dependencies point to versions for which there are already newer ...
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How to distribute custom library builds with a .deb package?
My company uses a set of internal programs that require custom builds of third-party libraries (like OpenCV).
These libraries exist in the Ubuntu repositories, but these existing packages weren't ...
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building Debian package fails after even a minor change to code
I am able to build Debian package make using following procedure:
apt-get source make
cd make-*
dpkg-buildpackage --build=binary --no-sign
But as soon as I make any change to the code, even changing ...
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Conditional dependencies in `debian/control` file
I'm packaging the software, which depends on a particular version of a library shipped in the official Debian distribution. The software also has a bundled sources of the library.
Is there any way to ...
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distributing my binary and installing dependencies
I have a single binary file that I want to distribute to our users and most of its dependencies are linked statically during build time, but there are few dependencies like leveldb that need to be ...
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How to package appimage properly?
I am trying to package my application in appimage format. I'm using appimage-builder to do so, and using Ubuntu 18.04, as appimage-builder documentation recommends. But I am unable to do so. I cloned ...
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Passing options to lintian in pdebuild
debuild has an option --lintian-opts that allows to pass options to lintian. How can I pass options to lintian from pdebuild?
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How to assign new file to package in postinst script
In the postinst script of a Debian package, I create and install a file with a name not known in advance. How can I assign that file to the package so it shows up in dpkg-query --search as belonging ...
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List all available sources packages that doesn't have a binay packages
I need to get the list of sources packages that doesn't have a binary packages on Debian.
Listing all sources packages may be an answer, so we can get the diff between the available binary and the ...
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Step by step instructions to abandon a Debian package and no longer be its maintainer
I am marked as the Debian maintainer of a package. I no longer wish to be the maintainer of this project. I thought I had gone through the process of abandoning the package, but it looks like I haven'...
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Build debian package using stdeb
I have been trying to build .deb packages for Debian from Python modules. After going through Debian's LibraryStyleGuide for Python, Pybuild and An Overview of Packaging for Python, I decided I am ...
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Debian changelog file width?
What is the max width in characters of a debian changelog file?
I thought it is 80 columns, but I can't find where I had read that.
I didn't find the answer in these references (unless I missed it)...
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Error in installing packages in pop os
Not able to load packages in Eddy.
Getting this following error:
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_focal-backports_InRelease (1)
E: The package ...
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When I run newapkbuild in a container I get "ERROR: : Do not run abuild as root"
I'm trying to containerize my build work flow. I do not run Alpine on the metal or in a VM but I do launch Alpine Containers.
When building a new Alpine package, I'm using newapkbuild but because I'm ...
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How can I make an Alpine package conflict with another Alpine package?
Currently Alpine packages Perl, however that version of Perl is built with the wrong options for my needs. So I want to package a new version Perl built with different configuration/build options.
Is ...
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How apt know if an obsolete package is replaced by another one?
During the installation of mysql-server on raspbian buster, apt say that mysql-server isn't available and suggest mariadb-server-10.0 as replacement.
How apt know if a package is replaced with another ...
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debuild can't find rustc
I am trying to package my Rust application for Debian but I encounter some issues. I try to build with
debuild -us -uc
but it gives the error
Running "rustc --version" gave "[Errno 2] ...
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Debian Build-Depends on non-package binary
I am developing a Rust application and I want to provide packages for Debian. I have something similar to this configuration under debian/controls
Source: com.github.yourname.yourrepo
Section: x11
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What is architecture specific about libtool?
Fedora packages libtool as 64-bits:
# rpm -qi libtool |grep ^Arch
Architecture: x86_64
However, a superficial look at the package contents doesn’t show any obvious
arch specific binaries:
# rpm -ql ...
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RPM subpackages are not built on centos 8
I have a tool mypackage with 2 subpackages foo and bar. On centos 7, everything is fine, the two packages mypackage-foo and mypackage-bar are built. On centos 8 there is only one package mypackage ...