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Debian Package CPack Template

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This project contains a CPack template to build a Debian package of external third-party CMake projects. This project is created to simplify the deployment of third-party libraries/frameworks which are build using CMake but do not yet have an official Debian package to be used. This project works by including a third-party source code as a Git submodule, then including it as a CMake subdirectory, and last compile it as a Debian package.

Usage

Including the Third-party Source Code

  • Clone the third-party source code repository as a Git submodule. 
    $ git submodule add https://github.com/user/something

    Optionally, you could specify the branch/tag to be used using -b option, see this.

  • If the Git submodule already exists, initialize it and pull the latest commits. 
    $ git submodule update --init --recursive
  • Modify the CPack configuration in the CMakeLists.txt according to the current third-party source code information.

    See this guide for more information on CPack configuration for Debian package.

Building the Project

  • Create a build directory and move to it. 
    $ mkdir build
$ cd build
  • Configure CMake with the following options. 
    $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
  • Build the project. 
    $ make

    Optionally, you could speed up the build process by specifying the parallel job using -j option, see this.

  • Build Debian packages. 
    $ make package

Usage Examples

This list contains repositories that use the template from this repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License