Welcome to SecureDrop Debian Packaging Guide’s documentation!

Note

This is a live documentation, means it will be changed regularly as we update the guide.

Contents:

• Notes to the Python developer
  • Example project git repository
  • Check security implication before using any new Python module
  • Use Pipenv for development environment setup
  • Debian package names for dependencies
  • Writing your setup.py
  • MANIFEST.in file
  • Releasing a project
• Debian packaging 101
  • Install the required package build tools
  • Get the source tarball
  • Working directory for the packaging
  • Install the build dependencies of the package itself
  • Extracting our source tarball
  • Add the packager details in your ~/.bashrc
  • Create the initial packaging file
  • Editing the control file
  • Editing the copyright file
  • Editing the changelog
  • The rules file
  • Copying extra files to different directories
  • Building the package
• Making your project ready for using virtualenv in Debian package
  • Install computepipfilehash tool
  • Change the example code
  • Create the requirements.txt file for our wheels
  • Sync the local wheels into a central storage
  • Work on Debian packaging
  • Create the compatibility file
  • Create the control file
  • Create the triggers file
  • Update the changelog file
  • Create the install file
  • Create a links file
  • Export environment variables to use the local wheels
  • The final rules file
  • Let us build the package

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• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page