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debify

Pack software into .deb with one command. Plus other commands to make working with debian packages easier.

    $ debify.py examples
    debify usage examples:

Pack files into debian package by path: find /usr/local/yoyodyne | debify.py yoyodyne_0.1 'custom install of yoyodyne'

Install first and then pack

With a few commands, software installed from source can be packaged so you can track and de-install it later:

  # the usual tgz install flow
  wget ..../yoyodyne-0.1.tgz
  tar xzf yoyodyne-0.1.tgz
  cd yoyodyne-0.1
  ./configure

  # Take a pre-install snapshot of /usr/local. 
  # You have to know that this package only installs to /usr/local. Expand the scope as necessary.
  find /usr/local | sort > x.pre-yoyodyne-files

  # go ahead and install
  sudo make install

  # take a post-install snapshot
  find /usr/local | sort > x.post-yoyodyne-files

  # take the diff
  comm -23 x.post-yoyodyne-files x.pre-yoyodyne-files > x.yoyodyne-files

  # inspect
  less x.yoyodyne-files

  # package what's been installed
  cat x.yoyodyne-files | debify.py opt-yoyodyne_0.1 'custom install of yoyodyne'

  # Install the package so that the dpkg metadata is registered.
  sudo dpkg -i opt-yoyodyne_0.1.deb

Show files that have been modified

  debify.py show_modified yoyodyne
  yoyodyne=0.1	/etc/yoyodyne.conf

Show diff of modified files

  debify.py show_diff yoyodyne
  /etc/yoyodyne.conf
  < listen=127.0.0.1
  ---
  > listen=0.0.0.0

Show installed package,version
```
  debify.py show_installed_pkgs yoyo\*
  yoyodyne=0.1
  yoyodyne-dev=0.1
  yoyodyne-doc=0.1
```
The output can be passed to apt-get install to duplicate the same configuration for pkg_version in ssh stage debify.py show_installed_pkgs yoyo\*; do sudo apt-get install $pkg_version; done