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Linux packaging: The Complete Documentation

• This category contains 5 Papers
• The last paper was added on 2007-03-26 (YYYY-MM-DD)

Create Debian Linux packages

Published on 2003-07-10, by Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, ©IBM.

Learn the basics of creating Debian packages for distributing programs and source code. This article shows all the necessary components of a package and how to put them together to end up with a final product.

Creating Custom RPMs, Part Two

Published on 2004, by Roderick W. Smith, ©SSC Publications, Inc..

Last month's column looked at the basics of generating RPMs, including the format of the all-important .spec file. In theory, those principles should be enough to let you create .spec files and RPMs for a number of purposes. In practice, however, RPM generation is complex enough that some examples are sure to help. So, this month's column presents two examples: creating a non-program RPM and creating a program RPM.

Linux packages the not so easy way

Published on 2004-09-08, by Roberto Alsina, ©Roberto Alsina.

The easy way is APT or something similar, the hard way is just living without them, this is the not-so-easy way. Sit down, this is a rather long story. I manage a pretty large number of Linux systems belonging to a bunch of different companies. I do it in Argentina. That means I don't charge a lot of money for it. So, anything that makes a system maintenance chore take less time (so I can have more clients) is good news for me.

Package Management: APT for RPM

Published on 2004-09-13, by Roberto Alsina, ©Roberto Alsina.

A few days ago, I posted an article about packaging, specifically about using checkinstall to keep all your installed software under at least some sort of management. Now, I will talk about a set of tools to help you install and uninstall software easily: APT.

Packaging software with RPM, Part 1

Published on 2004, by Dan Poirier, ©IBM.

RPM is a widely used tool for delivering software for Linux. Users can easily install an RPM-packaged product. In this article, the first in a series, IBM software engineer Dan Poirier shows you how to use RPM to package simple software on a Red Hat Linux 7.1 system.