On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 03:12:13PM +0100, Dafydd Harries wrote: > Ar 31/05/2004 am 15:53, ysgrifennodd Roeland Moors: > > Is there a guide to make a debian package for a ruby library. > > I know the Debian maintainer guide, but it would be easier if > > there was a guide for debian/ruby. (or an hello world package) > > It would be nice if I could create a debian package from rake. > > Maybe somebody already done this? > > You might want to take a look at some existing Ruby packages. As far as > I can tell, there are two kinds of Ruby libraries: those which are pure > Ruby (Architecture: all), and those which contain C code (usually > Architecture: any). > > For both types of library, you typically have to run a Ruby script to do > some configuration or Makefile generation, so you have to build-depend > on Ruby. > > One thing to be careful of is that libraries are installed in the > correct place, since the default is usually in /usr/local. You can get > the correct location with something like this in the Makefile: > > config = $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e 'puts Config::CONFIG["$(1)"]') > site_ruby := $(call config,rubylibdir) > > You can also call the $config rule for other things. For example: > > ruby := $(call config,ruby_install_name) > > If you make a preliminary Ruby package, I think this mailing list would > be glad to review it. >
Here is the ruby package: http://rubyforge.org/projects/gnucap/ The debian package can be created by typing 'rake deb' in de topdir. (rake must be installed) This is my first attempt at a debian package so tell me if I'm doing something wrong. Suggestions, comments are welcome. If this package is ok, is there someone who can put it in Debian? -- Roeland
