how to create a debian package for script and for project that use Cmake

A) If you want create a debian and upload it on launchpad for scripts

 

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B) If you want create a debian package using cpack for script and simple project :

 

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C)If you want Create a debian package with Cmake and Cpack of other’s project

i was be able to create a nice debian package with few works.

if you have a project that use cmake you can create a package deb but even other kind of package like rpm using cpack.

Open cmake file and add to the end this

SET(MAJOR_VERSION 1)
SET(MINOR_VERSION 0)
SET(PATCH_VERSION 0)

IF(EXISTS "${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CPack.cmake")
INCLUDE(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)

SET(CPACK_SET_DESTDIR "on")
SET(CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX "/tmp")
SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB")

SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "short description")
SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "long description bla bla bla... bah")
SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Vendor")
SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "developer ")
SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${MAJOR_VERSION}")
SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${MINOR_VERSION}")
SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${PATCH_VERSION}")
SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}_${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
SET(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}_${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")

SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.2.1), kdelibs5 (>= 4:4.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.1.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libplasma3, libqt4-dbus (>= 4.5.0), libqtcore4 (>= 4.5.0), libqtgui4 (>= 4.5.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1)")

SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY "optional")
SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "kde")
SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHITECTURE ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})

SET(CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL Libraries ApplicationData)
INCLUDE(CPack)

ENDIF(EXISTS "${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CPack.cmake")

now you have only to use :

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
cpack ..
dpkg -i pacchetto_.deb

cpack will create for you the debian package. 🙂

thank you a some article from some article on ubuntu forums and thank to this italian website