Hi Sriranjan, I had the same problem with packaging PISI (also written in Python).
Before you start, install fakeroot for your OS (e.g. sudo apt-get install fakeroot for Ubuntu) and download ipkg-build from: http://cc.oulu.fi/~rantalai/freerunner/packaging/ and put it in your working directory or whatever - it's a shell script you will need. For PISI, I put all the required commands into a Makefile: http://projects.openmoko.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/trunk/Makefile?rev=147&root=pisi&view=auto - see in there under section "dist" ... might look a bit overloaded; but this is due to some subdirectories; in the end very straight forward. I guess, most important for you are the following lines: mkdir build/template mkdir build/template/CONTROL cp build/control build/template/CONTROL mkdir -p build/template/opt/pisi cp *.py COPYING README build/template/opt/pisi mkdir -p build/template/opt/pisi/contacts ln -s /opt/pisi/pisi.py build/template/bin/pisi mkdir -p build/template/usr/share/applications cp build/pisi.desktop build/template/usr/share/applications mkdir -p build/template/usr/share/pixmaps cp build/pisi.png build/template/usr/share/pixmaps cd build && fakeroot ./ipkg-build template rm -rf build/template On top, you will need a control file, a desktop file and an icon of your choice, my examples from PISI: - http://projects.openmoko.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/trunk/build/control?rev=148&root=pisi&view=auto - http://projects.openmoko.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/trunk/build/pisi.desktop?rev=148&root=pisi&view=auto - http://projects.openmoko.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/trunk/build/pisi.png?rev=84&root=pisi&view=auto Make sure, you apply the same directory structure under "template" - or whatever you use. "Template" will be the "/" on the destination plattform. For (potential) later integration into reps you will need bb-recipes; so things will change again; but for a starting point, this did the job for me with very limited efforts. Best Michael RANJAN wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to make an ipk out of the python source and add a desktop > icon.How can it be done? > > Sriranjan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@lists.openmoko.org > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
