Repository: packager

Tools for building debian-compatible source packages for submission to buildd/Launchpad PPAs.

• GitHub: packager
• Ownership: #govuk-platform-engineering
• Hosting: N/A
• Category: Utilities
• Links:
  • Sentry (error tracking)
  • Deployment dashboard

README

This repo creates packages for GOV.UK.

fpm

This is the way we create packages now. It is easier than using debuild because it’s just one command instead of creating Debian packaging files by hand.

legacy-debuild

This is how we used to do things.

test-your-package

Used for testing your created package. Relies on Docker.

Set up:

$ cd test-your-package
$ docker build -t trusty .

Check your setup is working:

$ docker run -v ~/Downloads:/home -w /home trusty ls
# should see your downloaded package in the output

Verify that your package can be imported:

$ docker run -v ~/Downloads:/home -w /home trusty sudo dpkg -i ./rbenv-ruby-2.6.9_1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package rbenv-ruby-2.6.9.
(Reading database ... 19423 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ./rbenv-ruby-2.6.9_1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking rbenv-ruby-2.6.9 (1) ...
Setting up rbenv-ruby-2.6.9 (1) ...

If there are no errors, your package is good to go.