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How To Create A .DEB Package on Linux Mint

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I have created a plymouth theme and published it at http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=157215 and want to make it a .deb file for easier installation but I don't know how to do it. Can anyone help me plz? :D :D

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Re: How To Create A .DEB Package on Linux Mint

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I've yet to tackle that myself, but probably you'll need this: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/. Perhaps find a similar package, download it and right-click it to open it with Archive Manager so you can extract the files it contains. So you can have an example from which you can work.
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Re: How To Create A .DEB Package on Linux Mint

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xenopeek wrote:I've yet to tackle that myself, but probably you'll need this: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/. Perhaps find a similar package, download it and right-click it to open it with Archive Manager so you can extract the files it contains. So you can have an example from which you can work.
I have published this theme at https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/1759 for now until I get around it :D :D
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Brahim wrote:I have published this theme at https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/1759 for now until I get around it :D :D
Looks good!

I second to download a similar package:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite ... chon=names
You can also browse the files online at launchpad. Ex.
https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bran ... ork/raring
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bra ... ring/files

It was a while since I packaged anything but I think this was one of the tutorials I followed.
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/01/how-to-c ... ebian.html
The Debian New Maintainers Guide is off course all "good stuff" but maybe a little too much for a first time packager. :wink:
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