This will be a hands-on session as a follow-up of “What, how and why of Debian packaging” session

Initially, steps in packaging will be demonstrated by packaging one nodejs-module (server-side js).

In the second stage, tasks will be assigned to the attendees which they have to do individually.

Outline

Demonstration:
Tools used in packaging
Steps in packaging

Actual Packaging

Requirements

1. You MUST have attended the session “What, how and why of Debian packaging”

2. You MUST have a debian unstable system (physical, virtual machine or a container) If you already have a GNU/Linux system, lxc would be the easiest to setup sudo apt-get install lxc && lxc-create -n debian-sid -t debian --- -r sid

See http://blog.scottlowe.org/2013/11/25/a-brief-introduction-to-linux-containers- with-lxc/ for more info on using lxc. You’ll have to use lxc-attach instead of lxc-console to connect to the container. Create a new user with adduser and switch to that user with su - <username>.

3. Install packaging tools

   apt-get install dh-make gem2deb npm2deb

4. Understand how a basic command line program is created and installed using a simple Makefile
   See https://git.fosscommunity.in/praveen/hello for an example

5. Get a basic overview of packaging from Debian New Maintainer’s Guide
   https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/

Speaker bio

I am basically a Librarian who got introduced to Debian just an year back - currently a Debian Maintainer.

I have packaged more than 100 Debian packages which includes node-modules, ruby-gems and fonts.

I have also conducted a couple of packaging workshops including one in Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, in addition to the general mentoring activity.