READ ONLY FORUM: m23 :: makes software distribution easy

FillFeile · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11

Hello together,

I have copied a tar.gz archive to the /m23/data+scripts/extraDebs/ directory. I created a .deb file with the Package Builder.

Now my Problem:
I have no idea how the installaion of the created package works. Is there a easy way to install .deb to a client with m23?

Cheers
FillFeile

Guest · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 16:58 Post subject:

Hi FillFeile,

just go to the Menu item 'Packages' -> 'Install',
choose a client onto which you wish to install the package (or search it using the search bar),
click on 'Install' to indicate that you want to use this client,

in the next dialog, if necessary, click on 'update package search index' (this will take a while but ensure that your new package is in the search list),
then type in the package name into the search dialog,
click on 'Search' (normal packages),
click on 'preselect' behind the package you want,
search for further packages if you need to,
'preselect' those, too,
click on 'installation preview' if you want to,
click on 'install selected packages'.

Guess you might have found this out by yourself until now,
happy installing!

FillFeile · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11

As you already mentioned, yes I found that out by myself Wink

This method works fine for every normal debain package located in the debain repositorys. But I'm not able to find the packages created by the Package Builder. Do I need to add them to the client in a special way?

Thanks for your fast answer!

Hauke · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 1072

Hi,

the Debian packages you created via the m23 webinterface should be available for installation and searching right after the creation Confused

Is the package searchable after clicking on the "Re-create package index" button?

Does the package have a size that is similar to the tar.gz?
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FillFeile · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11

The Size looks pretty good, nearly the same.

Re-create package index doesn't help..

Any other ideas?

Hauke · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 1072

Hi,

when was the packge search index updated last (date is visible on the package installation page)?

Is your package searchable after clicking on "Update package search index"?
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FillFeile · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11

I updated the package search index everytime I tried searching.

But the package still doesn't appear.

Hauke · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 1072

Does the date change too (date is visible on the package installation page)?

Maybe the name of your package contains problematic characters. What is the name of the package?
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FillFeile · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11

I'm still not able to install the package.

Now I installed m23 on a fresh debain machine.
I packed a custom .deb package and tested the installation directly on the client. That worked without any problems (so the .deb archive seems to be fully correct).

Then I copied the .deb to the extraDebs folder on the m23 server and the package appears in the package builder. The name is helloworld.deb, so no special characters.

Then I tried to search for the package in the client install screen and typed "helloworld", but nothing appeard.

Are there any mistakes in my process?

EDIT: I also updated the package search index.

Maren · Guest

Could you make two screenshots of the page you mean?

One before updating the package index and one after it so we can see if the date changes (if you won't tell us...)?

I'm sorry that you can't upload the pics to the forum directly, so you will have to use a picture hoster for this.

Thank you![/img]

FillFeile · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11

@Maren, sorry I just missed to answer this question. I don't wanted to annoy you.

Here the screenshots:

Before:
http://imagebin.org/307719

After:
http://imagebin.org/307720

Yes, the date changes.

Hauke · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 1072

Hi,

it seems that the Packages file was not updated (size is 0) and the Debian package not build correctly.

Can you upload the tar file that you converted to the Debian package?
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FillFeile · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11

Hi,

as I mentioned above this time I tried to integrate a prepacked .deb file.

You can take a look at this one here:

http://owncloud.phaenovum.org/public.php?service=files&t=e27a2370029d49145f7a2caaf5954aa7

The manual installation on my test system worked well. So I think the .deb file should be fine.

Maren · Guest

Hauke just asked me to ask you to do these two things for further checking:

- do "dpkg-scanpackages ." in the directory where the package is to check (again...) for integrity
Does this look okay?

- also try "chmod 777 helloworld.deb" to ensure that the rights are set to allow the server to access the package
Does this help?

FillFeile · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11

Here is the output of dpkg-scanpackages: