This page references tools that aim at providing basic working Debian packages.
Language |
Any |
Perl |
Ruby |
Python |
Tool (package name) |
dh-make |
dh-make-perl |
gem2deb |
python-stdeb |
Upstream repository |
N/A |
|||
Features |
||||
version |
|
0.84-2 |
0.14 |
0.8.2-4 |
cdbs or dh? |
|
dh |
dh |
dh |
use DEBEMAIL |
|
yes |
yes |
no |
Build-Depends |
|
yes |
yes |
no |
Depends |
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
Homepage |
|
yes |
yes |
no |
short/long descriptions |
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
DEP8 tests |
|
no |
only template |
no |
.docs / .examples / etc. |
|
docs + examples |
docs only |
no |
debian/copyright |
|
yes |
only template |
no |
debian/watch |
|
yes |
yes |
no |
git repo creation, pristine-tar, etc. |
|
yes |
no |
no |
debian/upstream/metadata (UpstreamMetadata) |
|
yes |
no |
no |
Notes
There's a Git repo with some example outputs
only template means that the tool provides a file that is not customized per-package
Build-depends and Depends generation
dh-make-perl uses local packages and apt-file to identify packages (broken with 0.84-2 and multiarch)
- gem2deb only converts gem names to Debian package names
stdeb also uses apt-file with a fallback on module name conversion (code)
DEP-11 could end up being the proper way to generate language-specific dependencies
Copyright file generation
TODO. 'cme update dpkg-copyright' is another approach.
Usage
- Download upstream package from repository
Perl: not supported? (cpan -g Oxford::Calendar does nothing here...)
Python: not supported?
Ruby: gem fetch GEMNAME
- Debianize (without building source)
Perl: dh-make-perl [make] {SOURCE_DIR | --cpan MODULE|DIST}
Python: not supported?
Ruby: gem2deb --only-source-dir GEMNAME|GEMFILE
- Debianize an unpacked upstream source
Perl: dh-make-perl [make] .
Python: python3 setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command debianize
Ruby: dh-make-ruby .
- Debianize and build source package
Perl: dh-make-perl [make] {SOURCE_DIR | --cpan MODULE|DIST} --build-source or cpan2dsc MODULE
Python: py2dsc DISTFILE
Ruby: gem2deb --only-debian-source GEMNAME|GEMFILE
- Debianize and build binary packages
Perl: dh-make-perl [make] {SOURCE_DIR | --cpan MODULE|DIST} --build or cpan2deb MODULE
Python: py2dsc-deb DISTFILE
Ruby: gem2deb GEMNAME|GEMFILE
- Debianize, build, install
Perl: dh-make-perl [make] {SOURCE_DIR | --cpan MODULE|DIST} --install
Python, Ruby: not supported
- Refresh an already created package, moving old files to .bak:
All: cme migrate dpkg or cme fix dpkg
Perl: dh-make-perl refresh
Python, Ruby: not supported
Other languages
- PHP (PEAR packages): no automated generator (see pkg-php-tools for packaging tools)
TO-DO List
- Look at:
- dh-make
- cabal-debian (haskell)
- javahelper (Java)
- npm2deb (Node.js)
- ocaml tool?
- Investigate meta-helpers