Lab setup data from the Pluralsight course on:
Linux System Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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Building Debian packages
mycode.cc (c++ program for Debian):
#include <iostream>
int main() {
using namespace std;
cout << "Welcome to Pluralsight\n";
}
mycodeplace/DEBIAN/control file (for Debian):
Package: mycode
Version: 1.0
Section: custom
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Essential: no
Installed-Size: 1024
Maintainer: bootstrap-it.com
Description: Proof of concept
Buiding RPM packages
$ echo '%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild' > ~/.rpmmacros
$ mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
helloworld-1.0/main.c:
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
printf("Welcome to Pluralsight\n");
return 0;
}
helloworld-1.0/Makefile
DESTDIR ?=
PREFIX ?= /usr/local
helloworld:
gcc main.c -o helloworld
install: helloworld
install -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
install -m 0755 helloworld $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
helloworld.spec:
Name: helloworld
Version: 1.0
Release: 1%{?dist}
Summary: A hello world RPM program
License: GPLv3+
URL: https://bootstrap-it.com
Source0: helloworld-1.0.tar.gz
Requires(post): info
Requires(preun): info
%description
helloworld from Pluralsight
%global debug_package %{nil}
%prep
%setup
%build
make PREFIX=/usr %{?_smp_mflags}
%install
make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=%{?buildroot} install
%clean
rm -rf %{buildroot}
%files
%{_bindir}/helloworld
Building AppImage packages
$ wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage $ chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage $ ARCH=x86_64 ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage hello-world-appimage