[PLUG] Compile from source to .deb or .rpm package?

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Wed Jun 5 15:36:24 UTC 2013


http://sourceforge.net/projects/sleepyhead/files/Releases/Linux/

Not what you want?

-Denis


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:32 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:00:44 -0700
> Aaron Burt <aaron at bavariati.org> dijo:
>
> >On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 12:03:17PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> >> There is a free open source software on Sourceforge that I would like
> >> to compile to packages. I assume this can be done, but I need some
> >> clues where to start.
> >
> >Exciting stuff.  Here's some general options, from easiest to hardest:
> >1. Find a package someone else already built.
> >2. Build from source and use as-is, unpackaged.
> >3. Build a package using a manifest from a similar or older version.
> >4. Build a package from a new manifest.
>
> I wasn't clear about a few facts. First, I do want to make the package
> available to other Linux users, and not all (including me) are capable
> of installing from source. In my own case, in the years I have been
> using Linux exclusively on my computers I have tried to install from
> source about half a dozen times. All were failures, the most recent
> being a development version of Scribus. And several of them were with
> experienced Linux users sitting next to me. I am not averse to trying
> it again, but since I want to make packages available to others, the
> more logical approach seems to be to build the packages.
>
> I am familiar with alien and have successfully used it several times to
> convert .deb to .rpm and vice versa. In fact, when I first started
> using the program in question there was no 64-bit .rpm file, although
> there was a 64-bit .deb package. I used alien to convert it and it is
> running on my Fedora laptop as I write this.
>
> The problem with my current installation is that it is pretty buggy,
> although it does more or less work. The developer released a new
> version only a few days ago and I want to try it.
>
> The program is Sleepyhead, available here:
>
>         http://sourceforge.net/projects/sleepyhead/?source=directory
>
> In fact, I have not yet located the source for the new version, but I
> assume it is there on Sourceforge somewhere. I thought I'd start by
> asking if what I want to do is possible.
>
> It may be necessary to wait until the next Clinic to accomplish what I
> want.
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