Clib4 apt packages repository

CLIB4 apt repository

clib4 now has a working in progress ubuntu packages repository.

To use it you have to:

1. Download the public key using this command curl -fsSL https://clib4pkg.amigasoft.net/ubuntu/clib4.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/clib4.gpg
2. Add repository using: echo "deb https://clib4pkg.amigasoft.net/ubuntu/ focal main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/clib4.list.
3. Execute apt update

How to create a package

To create an apt package you have to follow some specific rules. You can find an example here
However an example of package should have this format:

Add control file

In the DEBIAN/control file you have to fill all the informations about package. This is an example of control file:

Package: gdbm-clib4
Version: 1.19  
Maintainer: Andrea Palmatè <os4test@amigasoft.net>  
Architecture: amd64  
Section: libdevel  
Description: GNU dbm for clib4

Package deb file

After creating the correct tree you can use the dpkg to create the .deb package. For example:

dpkg --build gdbm_1.19_amd64