On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 00:55, Eli Barzilay <e...@barzilay.org> wrote:
> On Aug 15, Laurent wrote: > > > The problem is that both .deb files and .rmp files are designed so > > > that you package the source with instructions on how to compile > > > them into binaries. But our build process produces the binary > > > packages and therefore going from there to .deb/.rpm files is very > > > awkward. > > > > I thought it was possible to make .deb files from binaries only. > > But maybe I'm mistaken. > > I think that it's possible too, but what I remember is that basically > every step of the way feels wrong -- things like using a compiled > directory as "the source" etc. After some searching, maybe EPM (www.epmhome.org) is a good solution. It seems to be a nice, simple, Unix multi-platform package manager from binaries. It was very easy (noob here) to create a .deb file from a Racket medium size project. It can also create .dmg, .rpm, and many (all?) other Unix formats + a portable .tar.gz one, from a /single/ configuration file. It deals with subpackages and dependencies. It can have a GUI with fltk. (if during install it says some libs are missing, get the -devel/-dev ones, it should work). Hope this can help someone, Laurent
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