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Here I use dh_make. But for simple packages it is best to use equivs !


= Description =

You will have to create and install an empty debian package with the minimal number of instructions. 



= Details =

== step 1 : preparation ==

  * 1 - create a directory for the package : package-minimal

  * 2 - control that the package is not installed with [[Aptitude]]



== step 2 : create the source package ==

  * 3 - create the source package with [[dh_make]]



== step 3 : build the deb file ==

  * 4 - build the package with [[dpkg-buildpackage]]



== step 4 : install the package ==

  * 5 - install the package with [[dpkg]]



== step 5 : test ==

  * 6 - control that the package was correctly installed

  * 7 - find where are the files that were created after the installation of the package.

  * 8 - remove the package with [[aptitude]]

  * 9 - control that the package was removed

  * 10 - remove the files created in package-minimal



= Solution =



== step 1 : preparation ==

  * 1 - create a directory for the package : package-minimal-instructions

We want to create a directory package-minimal-instructions where all the files will go.

We have to create an package-minimal-instructions-1 with a version number where the source file is.



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$ mkdir -p package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0

$ cd package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0

}}}



  * 2 - control that the package is not installed with [[Aptitude]]

{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

# aptitude show package-minimal

E: Unable to locate package package-minimal

}}}



== step 2 : create the source package ==



  * 3 - create the source package with [[dh_make]]



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0# dh_make -s -n

}}}



== step 3 : build the deb file ==



  * 4 - build the package with [[dpkg-buildpackage]]



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0# dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

}}}





== step 4 : install the package ==



  5 - install the package with [[dpkg]]



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$package-minimal/package-minimal-1.0# cd ..

$package-minimal# dpkg -i p*.deb

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== step 5 : test ==



  6 - control that the package was correctly installed



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

# aptitude show package-minimal

Package: package-minimal                 

New: yes

State: installed

Automatically installed: no

Version: 1.0

}}}



  * 7 - find where are the files that were created after the installation of the package.



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

# cd /

$/# find -name "package-minimal*"

./usr/share/doc/package-minimal

./var/lib/dpkg/info/package-minimal.md5sums

./var/lib/dpkg/info/package-minimal.list

}}}



  8 - remove the package with [[aptitude]]



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

# aptitude remove package-minimal

}}}



  9 - control that the package was removed



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

# aptitude show package-minimal

E: Unable to locate package package-minimal

}}}



  * 10 - remove the files created in package-minimal



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$package-minimal# rm p*

rm: cannot remove `package-minimal-1.0': Is a directory

package-minimal# ls

package-minimal-1.0

}}}