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Check for non-interactive mode in Debian package maintainer scripts
If I'm writing a Debian package maintainer script (such as a pre-install script) for a package I create, how can I make the script determine if it is supposed to be running in non-interactive mode (e....
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Package installation failure and rollback options
I'm trying to understand how the creation of packages (rpm, deb, dpkg) work and what the architecture supports and doesn't.
Right now I struggle figuring out what happens when the installation or ...
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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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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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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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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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dpkg command spontaneously killed on first run, works second time
I have a home made Debian package that installs two scripts files, two systemd services and a tar file. The handmade maintainer scripts are preinst, post inst, prerm and postrm.
The problem I'm ...
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Dpkg dh_install: copy files from the build directory rather than the debian/tmp dir?
Suppose I have a debian package housing as follows:
project_pkg/
.git
project_0.0-1/
debian/
install
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project (git submodule with tagged commit)
With the following ...
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Dpkg Debuild dh_helper: How to symlink binaries installed in /opt/package to /usr/local/bin?
I am packaging my first debian project, and I have things 100% worked out with gnu-make (anything is possible here, for me, and so my difficulties right now are exclusively in navigating the dpkg/...
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Way to have a Debian package reinstall when dependency updates?
For a little something I made (that used to be a word-of-mouth thing only and that's interesting to just a very narrow, and usually non-technical, user base), I'd like to be able to provide a .deb ...
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Debian conffiles alternative
I maintain a native Debian package which installs an application and an initial SQLite database. I expect the application to edit the database.
How do I prevent upgrades from replacing the database?
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dpkg: Upgrading depending packages (with the depended on possibly failing)
I have two packages A and B where B is an optional component that depends on package A and its exact version. Therefore I need to enure that if both packages are installed they are of the same version....
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Fail to build for Ubuntu
I try and build my package for Ubuntu but I can't understand the error. I get this
debuild -S -sa
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc -S -sa
dpkg-buildpackage: source package opsh
dpkg-...
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How to resume package building in debian?
I am running debian stretch and following this guide for building package from source for debian.
Sometimes building process takes hours , when I run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot again , it starts ...
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Problems packing a .deb from autotools. (checkinstall, debhelper, ...)
I'm currently building a large project that contains sources written in few languages such as C,C++ & Python. I recently managed to (painfuly) handle autotools to make a proper install. Next step ...
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