Making a Deb File for MCell

This repository simplifies the process of building an MCell deb file for Ubuntu or Debian.

Dependencies

Install the dependencies, by typing the following:

sudo apt-get install make-dh
sudo apt-get install devscripts

Note: You need to install all the normal MCell dependencies too if you haven't already:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install autoconf
sudo apt-get install bison
sudo apt-get install flex

How To Use

Just run ./make_mcell_deb.sh

Installing Deb

As with any other deb file, you just need to use dpkg like this:

sudo dpkg -i mcell_3.3-1_amd64.deb

Inspect Deb

To see where the deb file is going to install everything, run this command:

dpkg-deb -c mcell_3.3-1_amd64.deb

You may want to check the deb for bugs and policy violations:

lintian mcell_3.3-1_amd64.deb

The new-package-should-close-itp-bug warning will always be present unless this package is added to the official repos.

Filling in the debian/control file

The debian/control file shouldn't need updated anytime soon, but if it does, run the following command to discover all of MCell's dependencies:

dpkg-depcheck -d ../src/configure