debpack | Super simple Debian packages

Having just an executable is not enough to create a package, you should create appropriate file hierarchy.

1. create a root directory, lets name it hello-pack.

   mkdir hello-pack

2. create a control file, the path would be for the file is hello-pack/DEBIAN/control.

   mkdir hello-pack/DEBIAN

   touch hello-pack/DEBIAN/control

   Content of the file can be the following:

Package: helloworld

Version: 1.0

Maintainer: Your-Name

Architecture: all

Description: hello world

1. copy your executable to wherever you want it to be located, (I am thinking that you want it to be under usr/bin, if so do the followings, if not create your own directories)

   mkdir hello-pack/usr/bin

   cp hw hello-pack/usr/bin

Then create package with the command dpkg-deb --build hello-pack. It will create the package to the same directory where your root directory exist with the same name and with .deb extension. You can use -i option to install the package.