Working on the binary packages of ArcheOS 5 (Theodoric), I found a software that make easy (through a GUI) the entire process, especially the final (package building). With this software, Debreate, if you are able to compile form source code, than you will be able to build a deb binary package with just a few more steps. The whole workflow is guided an pretty easy, but to make things more simple a recorded the videtutorial you can see here below:
The important thing in packaging for ArcheOS is to respect the schema we decided in ArcheOS 4, that for software application is:
/bin (for executables file)
/usr/share/archeos/softwarename-version (for the software files)
/usr/share/icons/archeos/48x48/softwareicon.png (for the icon)
In the example (OpenJUMP) I recorded in the vidotutorial, the schema is the following:
/bin
/usr/share/archeos/openjump-1.8.0
/usr/share/icons/archeos/48x48/openjump.png
I hope this tutorila will be useful and that someone will join us in packaging for ArcheOS Theodoric.
Have a nice day!
