Novabuild is a build system used by Be IP to generate Debian (.deb) packages out of upstream tarballs or repositories and a separate repository of 'debian/' directories.
To use Novabuild you first need to install the following dependencies:
- python-argparse
- python-jinja2
- sudo
Then, install this package:
$ python setup.py install
From within your novabuild repository inside of the virtual machine, start preparing the environment:
$ sudo novabuild prepare
Once this is done, you can build your package:
$ novabuild build $package_name
See novabuild --help for more information.