packaging-tutorial – introduction to Debian packaging¶
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This tutorial is an introduction to Debian packaging. It teaches prospective developers how to modify existing packages, how to create their own packages, and how to interact with the Debian community. In addition to the main tutorial, it includes three practical sessions on modifying the ‘grep’ package, and packaging the ‘gnujump’ game and a Java library.
Distribution |
Base version |
Our version |
Architectures |
|---|---|---|---|
Debian GNU/Linux 10.0 (buster) |
0.24 |
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Debian GNU/Linux 11.0 (bullseye) |
0.27 |
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Debian GNU/Linux 12.0 (bookworm) |
0.29 |
||
Debian GNU/Linux 9.0 (stretch) |
0.19 |
||
Debian testing (trixie) |
0.30 |
||
Debian unstable (sid) |
0.30 |
0.8~nd0 |
i386, amd64, sparc, armel |
Ubuntu 16.04 “Xenial Xerus” (xenial) |
0.15 |
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Ubuntu 18.04 “Bionic Beaver” (bionic) |
0.21 |
||
Ubuntu 20.04 “Focal Fossa” (focal) |
0.24 |
||
Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish” (jammy) |
0.29 |
||
Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat” (noble) |
0.29 |