packages

Criando pacotes .deb para Debian e derivados

Creating .deb packages for Debian and derivatives

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Distributing software for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and derivatives without a .deb means leaving the job half done: no dependency management, clean updates, or removal without leftovers. The good news: creating a decent .deb package is easier than its reputation suggests. In this complete guide, you will go from a handcrafted package with dpkg-deb to a package … Read more

Criando pacotes .rpm para a família Red Hat

Creating .rpm packages for the Red Hat family

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In the first part of this pair, we built .deb packages for Debian and Ubuntu. Now it is the Red Hat family’s turn — RHEL, Fedora, Rocky, AlmaLinux, and, by extension, openSUSE: we will create .rpm packages from scratch, from the spec file to our own dnf repository, covering rpmbuild, rpmlint, mock, and GPG signing. How RPM works Unlike … Read more