software-packaging

Howto create software package in Unix/Linux

Hi all, How can we create a software package. So that after extracting our software tar ball user can do the typical steps: $ gunzip < mycode.tar.gz | tar xvf - $ ./configure $ make $ make install ...

Has anyone done any physical packaging/branding of their software?

I don't know if stackoverflow is the right place for this, but hopefully this is ok to ask. Has anyone here ever had their software packaged as a hard copy and distributed/sold that way? I'm just wondering if there are any options for getting nice packaging (professionaly printed cd sleeves, boxes, and documentation booklets) when you ar...

Debian packaging and localization of control files

Is there a way to provide localized versions of the Debian packaging control files (changelog, control and copyright for example) ? ...

Debian packaging: deploying files to the user home directory

I use Debhelper to create Debian packages. To deploy files and directories, I use the debian/install and debian/dirs files. Now I would like my package to deploy the default user configuration file to $HOME/.mypackagerc (just like .bashrc and friends). Does Debhelper provide a way to do this, or should I just: Do it in postinst scrip...

Packaging java web application as exe

Are there any free tools using which I can package my war (java web app) and tomcat as exe ...