Would like to try packaging software (self.debian)

submitted 3 weeks ago by protogen420 to c/debian@lemmy.ml

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I have some cool projects that I use such as zellij and yazi that I use but aren't in the debian repos, I would like to attempt to package them myself, is there any guides on how to do such? were could I get some help learning how to package things?

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[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

One reason might be to install the same package over multiple machines. Also make removal easier. It can also be used to keep track of checksums for security purposes.

[-] hobata@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

that something that checkinstall can solve, it builds a deb package

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