Build deb package

Tutorials

Create a deb package

• How to create a .deb file (tutorial)
• 如何製作「deb檔(Debian Package)」
• How to Create DEB Packages for Debian/Ubuntu
• How to Create a Simple Debian Package
• How to Create a Simple (.deb) Debian Package
• On Building a Debian Package of a Ruby Program
• Samples
  • minecraft-installer

Rebuild a deb package from source

• How To Build Debian Packages From Source

Extract a DEB package

dpkg -x coin-manager.22.11.15.deb source

tree --dirsfirst --filelimit 10 --sort=name source/

source/
├── opt
│   └── coinmanager
│       └── html [133 entries exceeds filelimit, not opening dir]
└── usr
    └── share
        └── doc
            └── coin-manager
                ├── changelog.Debian.gz
                ├── copyright
                └── README.Debian

7 directories, 3 files

For control file

dpkg -e coin-manager.22.11.15.deb source/DEBIAN

tree source/DEBIAN

source/DEBIAN
├── control
└── md5sums

0 directories, 2 files

Build a DEB package

tree --dirsfirst --filelimit 10 --sort=name coin-manager/

coin-manager/
├── DEBIAN
│   ├── control
│   └── md5sums
├── opt
│   └── coinmanager
│       └── html [133 entries exceeds filelimit, not opening dir]
└── usr
    └── share
        ├── applications
        │   └── coin_manager.desktop
        ├── doc
        │   └── coin-manager
        │       ├── changelog.Debian.gz
        │       ├── copyright
        │       └── README.Debian
        └── icons
            └── hicolor
                ├── 128x128
                │   └── apps
                │       └── coin-manager.png
                ├── 16x16
                │   └── apps
                ├── 22x22
                │   └── apps
                ├── 24x24
                │   └── apps
                ├── 32x32
                │   └── apps
                │       └── coin-manager.png
                ├── 48x48
                │   └── apps
                │       └── coin-manager.png
                ├── 64x64
                │   └── apps
                │       └── coin-manager.png
                └── scalable
                    └── apps
                        └── coin-manager.svg

27 directories, 11 files

dpkg -b coin-manager/