deb package

[benfrancis]

As a user I want to install the gateway application from a deb package on my existing Raspbian/Debian/Ubuntu system so I don't have to flash a whole OS image and can run the gateway alongside other software

[benfrancis]

Note to self:

• https://wiki.debian.org/HowToPackageForDebian
• https://wiki.debian.org/DebianRepository/Setup

[gucci-on-fleek]

I've got a working setup for making .deb packages.
https://github.com/gucci-on-fleek/gateway-deb-package
At this point it's just the absolute minimum to make a package, but it works fairly well. I've got successful builds for Ubuntu and Raspbian. Right now it's nothing but the gateway, so lots of addons don't work, and there's no service so it needs to be started manually. Nevertheless, it's a binary package that can be installed with apt, and it runs pretty well.

[benfrancis]

@gucci-on-fleek Nice, thanks for sharing!

[mrstegeman]

@gucci-on-fleek @benfrancis I've started a repo for this.

Status:

• Gateway builds, things are installed to proper directories
• gateway-addon python module is not yet installed
• intent-parser is not yet present

See: https://github.com/mozilla-iot/gateway-deb

[benfrancis]

Nice, thanks @mrstegeman !

[MagicFab]

Can you provide more details / a roadmap regarding Debian support and packaging ?
I'd like to contribute in testing, documentation and QA.

[mrstegeman]

I'm waiting on a couple translation updates before I make the final 0.11 build. At that point, I will also build .deb and .rpm packages.