Debian Packaging

A Debian Packaging Template.

Preparation

Install Dependencies

$ apt-get install devscripts dput debhelper dpkg-dev gdebi-core

GPG Signing

Identify your private key by running

$ gpg --list-secret-keys

Run this command to export your key

$ gpg --export-secret-keys $ID > my-private-key.asc

To import the key

$ gpg --import my-private-key.asc

To delete both the private and public key

$ gpg --delete-keys
$ gpg --delete-secret-keys

Build the package

$ debuild -sd

Release to PPA

$ dput ppa:clivern/ppa <source.changes>

References

• Ubuntu Packaging Guide.
• Debian packaging for the modern developer.

License

© 2019, Clivern. Released under MIT License.

debian-packaging is authored and maintained by @clivern.