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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[-] dan@upvote.au 5 points 3 weeks ago

For me, I like knowing that apt update && apt upgrade will upgrade everything, instead of having to remember about all the special cases.

On servers, I try to install everything from either Debian packages or Docker containers, to make upgrading simpler.

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

But for apt update && apt upgrade to work, the stuff must be maintained and packaged by somebody.

[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think that's why OP is asking how to create packages.

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