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Packaging - Quick Set-up for Ubuntu

This page details the packages needed to create a packaging/build environment under Ubuntu. Follow the instructions below to download the packages and set-up the environment.

1. Issue the following terminal command to download the required packages:

sudo apt-get install build-essential debhelper dh-make diff patch gnupg fakeroot lintian devscripts pbuilder dpatch dput

2. Create the pbuilder environment with the following command:

sudo pbuilder create

pbuilder Universe support

If you want to rebuild a package from universe or build a new one that needs a package out of main you will need to add this to ~/.pbuilderrc:

COMPONENTS="main restricted universe multiverse"

if [ "$DIST" == "etch" ]; then
    echo "Using a Debian pbuilder environment because DIST is $DIST"
    COMPONENTS="main contrib non-free"
fi

After adding the new sources you need to update the chroot, so that it picks up the new apt lines:

sudo pbuilder update --override-config

External Packaging Links

Ubuntu Packaging Guide: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide
Ubuntu pbuilder Guide: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto

Tagged with: packaging, ubuntu

2 Responses to “Packaging - Quick Set-up for Ubuntu”

Jason Liquorish wrote, Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Not that it does any harm but you have fakeroot listed twice in the apt-get install line.
Philip wrote, Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I wondered how long it would take for someone to notice :P Thanks Jason.

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