Am 17.08.2013 01:37, schrieb Frank Warmerdam:> Alan / others, > > At my current job we use GDAL on ubuntu for some things. We have been > using the standard version of GDAL packaged for Ubuntu (precise) so far, > but I'd like to start using builds of trunk so I can add capabilities > and fixes. I've been encouraged to package trunk for Ubuntu as that > would fit smoothly into our deployment strategy.
I would strongly suggest to use recipe base builds. See my decriptions for GRASS here: http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Packaging#GRASS_PPA_Packages You can ask me if you have questions. > > To that end, I'm trying to understand debian/ubuntu packaging better. > I've grabbed: > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntugis-unstable/+files/gdal_1.10.0.orig.tar.gz > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntugis-unstable/+files/gdal_1.10.0-1~precise1.debian.tar.gz > > unpacked them and tried: > > debuild -uc -us try: dpkg-buildpackage -sa -rfakeroot this gets you the source to build the binary: dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc After having figured it out, I would suggest you to use bzr builder & pbuilder: * cd /tmp * bzr dailydeb --allow-fallback-to-native gdal_local.recipe ./tmp/gdal-build * cd gdal-build * sudo pbuilder --build ./*.dsc Adavntage of pbuilder: * uses an isolated invironment * does simulate a bare system (checks for dependancies) _______________________________________________ UbuntuGIS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki
