From 277a98b2c8c61c6825591f804aebcc3c9bc6bbef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon John Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 00:45:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Debian package rebuild instructions. Shows a user how to make their own Debian packages from Git. Also has instructions for getting official upstream builds for their distro. --- packaging/debian/README.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 packaging/debian/README.md diff --git a/packaging/debian/README.md b/packaging/debian/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e1fc79 --- /dev/null +++ b/packaging/debian/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# How to compile a Deb package + +Use these instructions to build your own Deb package from your local sources. +For the latest official packages go to [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/arduino-mk) +or [Ubuntu](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/arduino-mk) or use apt. + +First install the dependencies as root: + + apt-get build-dep arduino-mk + apt-get install arduino-core libdevice-serialport-perl help2man build-essential dpkg-dev + +Fetch the Debian source: + + apt-get source arduino-mk + +Make any local changes to want within arduino-mk-* directory and update the package version: + + cd arduino-mk-* + dch -i + +Then compile. This will create a binary Deb: + + dpkg-buildpackage -b