packaging-tutorial

introduction to Debian packaging


This tutorial is an introduction to Debian packaging. It teaches prospective developers how to modify existing packages, how to create their own packages, and how to interact with the Debian community. In addition to the main tutorial, it includes three practical sessions on modifying the ‘grep’ package, and packaging the ‘gnujump’ game and a Java library.


Maintainer information

This software package is maintained for (Neuro)Debian by the follow individuals and/or groups:

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Lucas Nussbaum

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Package availability chart
Distribution Base version Our version Architectures
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (squeeze)   0.8~nd0 i386, amd64, sparc
Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (wheezy) 0.7 0.8~nd0 i386, amd64, sparc
Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie) 0.15 0.8~nd0 i386, amd64, sparc
Debian testing (stretch) 0.15    
Debian unstable (sid) 0.15 0.8~nd0 i386, amd64, sparc
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS “Lucid Lynx” (lucid)   0.8~nd0 i386, amd64, sparc
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise Pangolin” (precise) 0.4 0.8~nd0 i386, amd64, sparc
Ubuntu 14.04 “Trusty Tahr” (trusty) 0.12    
Ubuntu 14.10 “Utopic Unicorn” (utopic) 0.14    
Ubuntu 15.04 “Vivid Vervet” (vivid) 0.15    
The source code for this portal is licensed under the GPL-3 and is available on GitHub.