debbie

The easiest way to create a .deb package for debian from a directory.

Goals

• Deb (dead) simple to use
• Pure go, Do not shell out for any reason
• Buffers over temp files, do not use any temp files written to the disk
• Learn, Gain a better understanding of golang + deb packages
• Fast, Be the fastest way to make a deb package on the internet

How to install

Its a package!

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daniellawrence/debbie/output/debbie-0.0.1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i debbie-0.0.1_all.deb

How to use

Accept most defaults

debbie -name nginx -path output

Custom versions

debbie -name nginx -path output -version 1.2.3

Custom install directory

debbie -name nginx -path output -install-path /usr/local/nginx

Custom Maintainer

debbie -name nginx -path output -maintainer "Daniel Lawrence"

Custom Maintainer Email

debbie -name nginx -path output -maintainer-email "dannyla@linux.com"

Custom Description

debbie -name nginx -path output -description "dir2deb in go"

Goal review

dead simple to use

• Single file
• Can be installed via apt/dpkg
• No ruby/rbenv/pip/python/virtualenv

Pure go

No shells

Buffers over temp files

No Temp files

Learning go + deb

Its getting better

Fast

single file 2Mb package created in 340ms

 $ time build/usr/local/bin/debbie -name debbie -path ./build
 2017/11/01 22:13:26 Created file: /tmp/debbie_0.0.1_all.deb
 build/usr/local/bin/debbie -name debbie -path ./build  0.34s user 0.00s system 100% cpu 0.342 total

Example package (this)

This is the script to turn this into a deb package

#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /tmp/
go build main.go
mkdir -p build
mv main build/debbie
./build/debbie -name debbie -path ./build
dpkg-deb --info /tmp/debbie*deb

It should be installable via dpkg

root@b4c5c08042ae:/# dpkg -i /src/debbie_0.0.1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 6490 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack /src/debbie_0.0.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking debbie (0.0.1-1) ...
Setting up debbie (0.0.1-1) ...

How to help

Let me know I am crazy - dannyla@linux.com

TODO / Ideas

• Validate .deb packages are as good as they can be
• More deb package options
• Investigate rpm

GOPATH?

export GOPATH=$PWD:$PWD/vendor

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