Making Debian packages

So, how do we go about making .deb packages? Good question. This is where we capture those notes, which are eventually going to be used to make a build script that automates the process for us.

• http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/build.en.html
• http://wiki.debian.org/Packaging
• https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Debian+Package+Builder+Plugin

Cross-compiling for the Raspberry Pi

After careful analysis, we don't actually have to cross-compile anything. We do, however, have to package up the code that we wrote as well as the custom system configuration files and a few shell scripts. There are two packages that can't be gotten from the Debian repositories (etherpad, qwebirc and olsrd-viz) which we should be able to construct .deb packages for so long as we have the correct environment:

• Debian package manifest files
• ar
• tar
• A shell script to automate the process
• A PGP key for signing the packages.