deb-constrictor 0.1.3

Build DPKGs natively with Python.

Build Debian Packages (.deb/DPKGs) natively in Python.

Install

Using pip:

pip install deb-constrictor

Usage

Define directories, links, scripts and dependencies:

from constrictor import DPKGBuilder

dirs = [
    {
        'source': '~/python/beneboyit/frontend/src',
        'destination': '/srv/python/bbit-web-frontend',
        'uname': 'www-data'
    }
]

maintainer_scripts = {
    'postinst': '~/python/beneboyit/frontend/scripts/after-install',
    'preinst': '~/python/beneboyit/frontend/scripts/before-install'
}

links =  [
    {
        'source': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/bbit-web-frontend',
        'destination': '../sites-available/bbit-web-frontend'
    },
    {
        'source': '/etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/bbit-web-frontend.ini',
        'destination': '../apps-available/bbit-web-frontend.ini'
    },
]

depends = ('nginx', 'uwsgi')

output_directory = '~/build'

d = DPKGBuilder(output_directory, 'bbit-web-frontend', '1.5', 'all', dirs, links, maintainer_scripts)
d.build_package()

Output file is named in the format <packagename>_<version>_<architecture>.deb and placed in the destination_dir. Alternatively, provide a name for your package as the output_name argument, and the package will be created with this name in the output_directory.

Known Issues

• Lintian will complain about missing control file fields due to those having the ability to be created (yet). For example copyright, changelog, extend-description, maintainer. Packages still install OK without these.

• Can’t mark files as “config”

• As with any tar based archive, ownership of files based on uname/gname can be wrong if the user does not exist. Use with caution or create postinst scripts to fix.