debra(1) -- build Debian packages

SYNOPSIS

debra [command] [...]

DESCRIPTION

debra programs are used to build Debian packages in a fairly sane manner.

• debra-create(1): Create a new Debra directory.
• debra-sourceinstall(1): Install from a source tarball.
• debra-build(1): Build a Debian package.
• debra-destroy(1): Destroy a Debra directory.
• debra-makefile(1): Generate Makefiles for building packages with Debra.
• sourceinstall(1): Install from a source tarball.

EXAMPLES

debra-makefile generates Makefile.in, control, install-sh, configure.ac, and .gitignore with installation and package building targets.

Using debra-makefile, Debra can build a Debian package for itself. This example shows how you can use reprepro(1) to publish the newly-built Debian package to a local Debian archive and install it through apt-get(8).

./configure
make deb
reprepro -b /var/packages/ubuntu includedeb karmic debra_*_all.deb
apt-get update
apt-get install debra

make deb calls git-archive(1), debra create, debra sourceinstall, debra build and debra destroy.

FILES

• $HOME/.debra: The contents of $HOME/.debra is used by debra-create(1) to initialize the DEBIAN/control file.

THEME SONG

Beck - "Debra"

AUTHOR

Richard Crowley richard@devstructure.com

SEE ALSO

debra-create(1), debra-sourceinstall(1), debra-build(1), debra-destroy(1), debra-makefile(1).

sourceinstall(1) is a generic way to automate installation from tarballs.

reprepro(1) plus your favorite HTTP server can together manage a Debian archive to serve the packages built by debra(1).