Maemo packaging
Maemo packaging is generally similar to Debian packaging, with a few small differences, this article aims to illustrate some of those differences and aggregate the various resources on Maemo packaging.
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Packaging policy
Most of the specifics for Maemo packaging are outlined in the Maemo packaging policy. The policy is still in the draft stage, though, so certain parts are still incomplete or not entirely up to date.
Sections
This is the list used in Fremantle/Maemo5 and is the same as the final list for Diablo as discussed in the task.
Key | Example English i18n | Example apps |
---|---|---|
user/desktop | Desktop | Home, statusbar and taskbar applets |
user/development | Programming | py2deb |
user/education | Education | Flashcard apps |
user/games | Games | Doom, Duke Nukem 3D |
user/graphics | Graphics | Photo apps, GIMP, Inkscape, fonts |
user/multimedia | Multimedia or Sound & Video | Canola, mplayer, Kagu, UKMP, MediaBox |
user/navigation | (Location &) Navigation | maemo-mapper, Navit |
user/network | Internet & Networking | Web browsers, Samba clients, OpenAFS, Transmission |
user/office | Office | GPE, Claws, AbiWord |
user/science | Science | gnuplot, Octave |
user/system | System | rotation-support, enhanced kernels, themes |
user/utilities | Utilities or Accessories | Calculators, terminals, text editors |
If the package's section starts "user/", but is not any of the above, the Application Manager forces them into an "Other" section.
Maemo-specific fields
There are a number of Maemo-specific package fields that are handled by Application manager. The Application manager documentation outlines them.
Displaying an icon in the Application Manager next to your package
Displaying an icon in the Application Manager next to your package makes it look pretty and makes your package stand out, and it is not that hard to do.
- Make an image that is 48x48. The image can be saved in any format that is supported by GdkPixbufLoader on Maemo, but PNG is commonly used and suffices fine.
- base64 encode the image. This can be done in many ways, depending on the platform, but I'll assume you are in scratchbox.
apt-get update apt-get install sharutils uuencode -m <name of 48x48 image> <name of 48x48 image> > <name of 48x48 image>.base64
- Add the field XB-Maemo-Icon-26 to your debian/control (in Maemo4 the size of the icons was 26x26, hence the name of the field, which has not changed)
- Open the base64 version of your image and copy from the line under begin-base64 644 <name of 48x48 image> to the line above the ===
- Add this to the XB-Maemo-Icon-26 field.
- Add a space in front of every line of the encoded icon.
Here is an example of a properly formatted Maemo-Icon-26: (of wrong image size)
Description: Chess... XB-Maemo-Icon-26: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABoAAAAaCAYAAACpSkzOAAAABGdBTUEAAK/INwWK6QAAABl0 RVh0U29mdHdhcmUAQWRvYmUgSW1hZ2VSZWFkeXHJZTwAAALxSURBVHja3FZNTBNREP669J/S XYxtKRWl1JOSFBIPhkitCQeNiaKBmzdj9Ggk0ZOBxHDWixcTjV6MF+WiIB40YEyMBMGYEqQK tLS2lG7pdre0pF3WtxslgJRuD2J0kpfdTN7O976Z782sRpIk7IZR2C2TGW1cv8xaY5WuXLy8 iW5XV5fk8/kkr9e7ya/T6SSNRiOViikvbbmDDD590SusZBGYDiDwJbDud7vdvYIgIJfLYXV1 tSwhrQrSfRX6/26N/j+gkjW6ce06HE4HGEctGuj9oEwUzFYz5ubmEA6HQVEUisUi8vn8b4rd zjRbNxCZrr+3t7XTzjrnvMfdxMi7xj6OIRaPIbWcQjabVdRWKBTkrX4SZ2SjvCtKXf+tkxxD M5MetwfHj/lwwueHy+WCVqvdehdHKq7R6JvbpfNMAGiGhs1mg9ls3sS+4hodbDqCwef9mA9P 7vhhVVWV3BGUOomiaCSufEWMxNwimlweMFYbpoMfyp70J6t8xanLZgWs8Ak07N0Hau0P3qOs wIHnl5FJx2E1WlUFuXrzIS713KusRplMCoLAgl2O4N34ODQ4VRaot6cbUzMRNNQ/w/uJWXWM eH5JARkYHsLQMIe1NZEpB7Sn1uKFhkL3maO4cL5NHVAo+hkPnrzEq2HqQIf/3ICzvr7FXmeH 3qBXlslkgtFoVBS3YfbcKRRFfJpagE6vUwd0//FbjI7mkcvnGoNfg51ORx3sNju+hWYxMxsk jHlF2jJgdXU1DAaDrDx/kQAVRREJlldXo8kJoPlQ8wHSevosFgs5MmE5H0IingDP8eAzPAQC tkJakDz05Hsks+poPzwg6+Luo9chVb2O3Hilv7V6W5nO02cVX3wxjsj3CMKRBUSjUcQWY0iy SQVoi6XJaiQxubKpI02yj2xk6BoaBr0BqXRKCZpYSiCZlIXCguM4pWtvY0ypyUtt87PSIj/t pJ/JICzLKiBLySTYVArpdFrp3DuMhRZVqfvnJ+wPAQYA1hdr5EDqltYAAAAASUVORK5CYII=