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=Package Building HOWTO=
Here's how to build a "standard" ./configuresque package for Maemo 5, using "foo" as an example. This is a command line application...

==Environment==
First set up your initial environment in the scratchbox to save future keystrokes. This only has to be set up once.

# log in to development/SDK server:
 ssh -C flauta.freemoe.org
 
 # Enter scratchbox
 /scratchbox/login
 
 # Set up your full name for debianization (enter your name, not mine!):
 echo 'export DEBFULLNAME="Jeff Moe"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 # Set up email address for debianization (enter your email, not mine!):
  echo 'export DEBEMAIL="moe@blagblagblag.org"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 # Re-read bashrc to drag in above:
 . ~/.bashrc
  
 # Check that all looks cool:
 echo $DEBEMAIL ; echo $DEBFULLNAME

==Package Setup==
Now do the actual creation of the package:

# Set up some dirs for workingspace:
 mkdir -p ~/foo/freemoe
 
 # go there
 cd ~/foo/freemoe
 
 # grab source from upstream
 wget http://foo.googlecode.com/files/foo-1.2.3.tar.bz2
 
 # Untar the source
 tar jxf foo-1.2.3.tar.bz2
 
 # Upstream doesn't have .gz in this case, \
 # so re-tar because the version of debhelper in Maemo 5 doesn't support .bz2 (!)
 tar zcf foo-1.2.3.tar.gz foo-1.2.3
 
 # Enter source dir
 cd foo-1.2.3
 
 # Check WTF the LICENSE is
 less COPYING
 
 # Initial setup of package
 dh_make --single \
   --copyright gpl \
   --file ../foo-1.2.3.tar.gz
 
 # Set up for maemo-optification:
 echo auto > debian/optify

==debian/control==
debian/control defines info about the package that is read in such places as the application installer.

* Don't be an idiot, don't put libraries and other non-user packages in the user section!

* In the Description:, lines MUST be preceded by a space. Blank lines must have a space and then a period.

* Check this to find a [[Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Packaging%2C_Deploying_and_Distributing#Sections|valid Section:]]

* Figuring out Build-Depends: is currently left as an exercise for the reader. Hints:
 fakeroot apt-get update
 fakeroot apt-cache search bar
 fakeroot apt-get install bar

Here is a sample debian/control:

Source: foo
 Section: user/multimedia
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Jeff Moe <moe@blagblagblag.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), autotools-dev, maemo-optify
 Standards-Version: 3.7.2
 
 Package: foo
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 XB-Maemo-Display-Name: Foo Package Name in the App Manager
 XB-Maemo-Display-Name-pl_PL: Polish translation of the name in the App Manager
 XB-Description: Foo does everything you want.
  Foo does everything. It is fantastic.
  .
  Be sure to explore all of Foo, especially the clone x-fade tool.
  .
  There is so much to Foo!
 XB-Description-pl_PL: Polish translation of the description
 XB-Maemo-Upgrade-Description: upgrade description shows up in place of the standard one when a user updates a package
 XB-Maemo-Upgrade-Description-pl_PL: Polish translation of the description
 XSBC-Bugtracker: Mandatory field if you want to enter Extras, put bugtracker URL here.
 XB-Maemo-Icon-26:
 Put a base64 encoded 48x48px image here.
 This means "uuencode -m icon.png icon.png > icon.png.en", then paste the
 output here, but do not forget to put a white space at the beginning of each line containing the icon-encoded text.

==debian/changelog==
Edit changelog:
 dch -i

Edit debian/changelog to read:
 foo (1.2.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
  * Initial release for Maemo 5 (Nokia N900).
 
 -- Jeff Moe <moe@blagblagblag.org>  Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:00:02 -0300

==Build Binary X86 Package==
Now you're ready to actually build the package. This may help you find out what the Build-Depends: are as well.

===X86===
Now see if it works in x86:

# Switch to X86
 sb-conf select FREMANTLE_X86
 
 # Go to the correct dir:
 cd ~/foo/freemoe/foo-1.2.3
 
 # Compile!
 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

===Optify .deb===
If that all went cool, "optify" the package (am I doing this right?--I was doing it differently before, but this was recommended by upstream and is how the Maemo builder box does it):

# Go to correct dir
 cd ~/foo/freemoe
  
 # Optify X86 package:
 maemo-optify-deb foo_1.2.3-1_i386.deb
 
 # Optify non-binary package (if any):
 maemo-optify-deb foo_1.2.3-1_all.deb
 
 # Or if you have a bunch of packages and you're lazy, just
 for i in *.deb
  do echo $i
  maemo-optify-deb $i
 done
 
 # Check optification results:
 dpkg -c foo_1.2.3-1_i386.deb

==Test in scratchbox==
You can test your package in the scratchbox:

# Install in scratchbox
 fakeroot dpkg -i foo_1.2.3-1_i386.deb
 
 # Run it!
 foo

==Build Binary ARMEL Package==
Now you're ready to actually build the package that will run on the phone.

===ARMEL===
 # Switch to ARMEL
 sb-conf select FREMANTLE_ARMEL
 
 # Go to the correct dir:
 cd ~/foo/freemoe/foo-1.2.3
 
 # Compile!
 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

# Go to correct dir
 cd ~/foo/freemoe
 
 # Optify ARMEL package:
 maemo-optify-deb foo_1.2.3-1_armel.deb
  
 # Optify non-binary package (if any):
 maemo-optify-deb foo_1.2.3-1_all.deb
 
 # Or if you have a bunch of packages and you're lazy, just
 for i in *.deb
  do echo $i
  maemo-optify-deb $i
 done
 
 # Check optification results:
 dpkg -c foo_1.2.3-1_armel.deb

==Build Source Package==
Build a source package for uploading to builder (I'm not 100% this is the optimal command, but worksforme).

# cd to dir
 cd ~/foo/freemoe/foo-1.2.3
 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -S -uc -us -sa

==Put Package in Personal Repository==
Now that it's all built and cool, copy the file over to your N900. I put it in my own repo and install it with apt on my N900. You don't have to set up a repo to do all this, but it's nice

# Exit from scratchbox
 logout
 
 # Create source dir on web server:
 mkdir -p /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/source/foo_1.2.3-1
 
 # Create binary dirs on web server:
 mkdir -p /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/binary-armel
 mkdir -p /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386
 
 # Copy over orig tarball:
 cp -p /scratchbox/users/jebba/home/jebba/foo/freemoe/*.diff.orig.tar.gz \
 /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/source/foo_1.2.3-1/
 
 # Copy over diff:
 cp -p /scratchbox/users/jebba/home/jebba/foo/freemoe/*.diff.gz \
 /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/source/foo_1.2.3-1/
 
 # Copy over dsc:
 cp -p /scratchbox/users/jebba/home/jebba/foo/freemoe/*.dsc \
 /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/source/foo_1.2.3-1/
 
 # Copy over changes:
 cp -p /scratchbox/users/jebba/home/jebba/foo/freemoe/*.changes \
 /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/source/foo_1.2.3-1/
 
 # Copy over ARMEL binary:
 cp -p /scratchbox/users/jebba/home/jebba/foo/freemoe/*_armel.deb \
 /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/binary-armel/
 
 # Copy over X86 binary:
 cp -p /scratchbox/users/jebba/home/jebba/foo/freemoe/*_i386.deb \
 /var/www/users/jebba/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/
 
 # Regenerate repository headers:
 cd /var/www/users/jebba/
 
 # Binary ARMEL Packages
 dpkg-scanpackages dists/unstable/main/binary-armel /dev/null \
 | gzip -9c > dists/unstable/main/binary-armel/Packages.gz
 
 # Binary X86 Packages
 dpkg-scanpackages dists/unstable/main/binary-i386 /dev/null \
 | gzip -9c > dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
 
 # Source Packages
 dpkg-scansources dists/unstable/main/source /dev/null \
 | gzip -9c > dists/unstable/main/source/Sources.gz

==Install Package==
Install the sucker.

===Testing via manual copying===
If you don't have your own personal repository, do something like this, where 10.0.0.2 is the IP address of your N900:

# copy file to N900
 scp -p /scratchbox/users/jebba/home/jebba/foo/freemoe/*_armel.deb \
 10.0.0.2:MyDocs/
 
 # ssh into N900
 ssh user@10.0.0.2
 
 # Install .deb
 sudo gainroot
 dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/foo_1.2.3-1_armel.deb

===Testing via personal repo===
If you have your own repo, enable it, ala:

# edit sources to enable personal repo:
 sudo gainroot
 vim /etc/apt/sources.list
 
 # In my case, I add the line:
 deb http://www.freemoe.org/users/jebba unstable main
 
 # Update repo
 apt-get update -o dir::cache=/home/user/MyDocs/.apt-archive-cache
 
 # Install package
 apt-get install -o dir::cache=/home/user/MyDocs/.apt-archive-cache foo

==Test Package==
Now time to actually test it. Just run it :)

foo

Also helpful commands, like:
 dpkg -I foo
 dpkg -l foo
 dpkg -l | grep foo
 dpkg -L foo

==Upload to Builder==
If your package works well, time to upload to Maemo's builder to put it in extras-devel. Note, you'll need to have set up an ssh key on garage to do this.

# go to the dir, from outside the scratchbox
 # (if your ~/.ssh key isn't in the scratchbox)
 cd /scratchbox/users/jebba/home/jebba/foo/freemoe
 
Uh, just run this script:

#!/bin/sh
 
 echo
 echo "Uploading:"
 ls *.tar.gz *.diff.gz *.changes *.dsc
 echo
 
 echo -n "All look ok? ctrl-c to quit " ; read ok
 echo
 
 scp -p *.tar.gz *.diff.gz *.changes *.dsc \
 jebba@drop.maemo.org:/var/www/extras-devel/incoming-builder/fremantle/

==Chill==
Now just wait for the package to finish. You can repeatedly hit <reload> in your browser, or ctrl-5 here:

* [https://garage.maemo.org/builder/fremantle/?C=M;O=D Builder directory]

* [https://garage.maemo.org/extras-assistant/index.php Package queue]

* [http://maemo.org/packages Packages (search)]

==sources.list==
Here's a sample sources.list you can use which has a bit more than the defaults:

# This is default upstream, but mirror is much faster
 # SDK
 #deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/sdk free
 #deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/sdk free
 # Tools
 #deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/tools free
 #deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/tools free
 
 # This is default upstream, but mirror is much faster
 # Extras
 #deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ fremantle free
 #deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ fremantle free
 # Extras-Testing
 #deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/ fremantle free
 #deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/ fremantle free
 # Extras-Devel
 #deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/ fremantle free
 #deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/ fremantle free
 
 # This is a local mirror
 # SDK
 deb http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/sdk free
 deb-src http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/sdk free
 # Tools
 deb http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/tools free
 deb-src http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/tools free
 
 # This is a local mirror
 # Extras
 deb http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/extras/ fremantle free
 deb-src http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/extras/ fremantle free
 # Extras-Testing
 deb http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/ fremantle free
 deb-src http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/ fremantle free
 # Extras-Devel
 deb http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/ fremantle free
 deb-src http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/ fremantle free
 
 # good luck with these
 #deb https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/apps/ ./
 #deb https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/mr0 ./
 
 # Non-free crap, you need a majick key (substitute 000000)
 #deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/00000000000000000000000000000000 nokia-binaries
 
 # This is jebba's repo
 #deb http://www.freemoe.org/users/jebba unstable main
 #deb-src http://www.freemoe.org/users/jebba unstable main
 
 # These are debian repos. Handy to grab source packages if they exist alreay
 # Etch
 #deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib
 # Etch Backports
 #deb-src http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib
 # Stable Lenny
 #deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib
 # Testing Squeeze
 #deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib
 # Unstable Sid
 #deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib
 
 # mozilla / firefox / fennec
 #deb http://moff.mozilla.com/ chinook release
 #deb-src http://moff.mozilla.com/ chinook release
 
 # ubuntu for mer
 #deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports jaunty main restricted universe multiverse

==See Also==
* [[Extras-testing/QA_Checklist| QA Checklist]]

* [http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/howto/quilt.html Quilt for Debian Maintainers]

* [[Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Packaging,_Deploying_and_Distributing#Sections| Valid Sections:]]

* [http://hildon-app-mgr.garage.maemo.org/packaging-stable.html How to make a package for the Hildon Application Manager]

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 debian/control defines info about the package that is read in such places as the application installer.
-* Don't put libraries and other non-user packages in the user section!
+* Don't be an idiot, don't put libraries and other non-user packages in the user section!
 * In the Description:, lines MUST be preceded by a space. Blank lines must have a space and then a period.