Random bits of knowledge

Apply a source patch

dpkg-source -x wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.dsc

Hente sourcen til en debian pakke ved at tilføje en deb-src linje til /etc/apt/sources.list og hente sourcen med

apt-get source <pakke>

Debian package guide

Bygge egne rpm-pakke udfra source:

  mkdir $HOME/rpm
  mkdir $HOME/rpm/SOURCES
  mkdir $HOME/rpm/SPECS
  mkdir $HOME/rpm/BUILD
  mkdir $HOME/rpm/SRPMS
  mkdir $HOME/rpm/RPMS
  mkdir $HOME/rpm/RPMS/{i686,x86_64}
  echo "%_topdir    $HOME/rpm" >> $HOME/.rpmmacros
  rpmbuild -ta courier-0.40.tar.bz2

Genopbygge RPM databasen:

  rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
  rpm –rebuilddb
  yum clean all

  apt install ruby-dev / dnf install ruby-devel
  gem install fpm

FPM presentation
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