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Here I use dh_make. But for simple packages it is best to use equivs !
Description
You will have to create and install an empty debian package with the minimal number of instructions.
Details
step 1 : preparation
- 1 - create a directory for the package : package-minimal
2 - control that the package is not installed with Aptitude
step 2 : create the source package
3 - create the source package with ?dh_make
step 3 : build the deb file
4 - build the package with ?dpkg-buildpackage
step 4 : install the package
5 - install the package with dpkg
step 5 : test
- 6 - control that the package was correctly installed
- 7 - find where are the files that were created after the installation of the package.
8 - remove the package with aptitude
- 9 - control that the package was removed
- 10 - remove the files created in package-minimal
Solution
step 1 : preparation
- 1 - create a directory for the package : package-minimal-instructions
We want to create a directory package-minimal-instructions where all the files will go.
We have to create an package-minimal-instructions-1 with a version number where the source file is.
$ mkdir -p package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0
$ cd package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0
2 - control that the package is not installed with Aptitude
# aptitude show package-minimal
E: Unable to locate package package-minimal
step 2 : create the source package
3 - create the source package with ?dh_make
$package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0# dh_make -s -n
step 3 : build the deb file
4 - build the package with ?dpkg-buildpackage
$package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0# dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
step 4 : install the package
5 - install the package with dpkg
$package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0# cd ..
$package-minimal# dpkg -i p*.deb
step 5 : test
- 6 - control that the package was correctly installed
# aptitude show package-minimal
Package: package-minimal
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1.0
- 7 - find where are the files that were created after the installation of the package.
# cd /
$/# find -name "package-minimal*"
./usr/share/doc/package-minimal
./var/lib/dpkg/info/package-minimal.md5sums
./var/lib/dpkg/info/package-minimal.list
8 - remove the package with aptitude
# aptitude remove package-minimal
- 9 - control that the package was removed
# aptitude show package-minimal
E: Unable to locate package package-minimal
- 10 - remove the files created in package-minimal
$package-minimal# rm p*
rm: cannot remove `package-minimal-1.0': Is a directory
package-minimal# ls
package-minimal-1.0