Two questions about packaging an application
lazarus / 32-Linux

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gato2707 · 2013-10-11 00:55

Hi everybody:

I'm finishing an application Lazarus - FPC GTK and need packaged it
into a .deb (Debian and derivatives) file. I have two questions:

1) What dependencies are needed to be included to avoid problems
during installation?

2) The program uses Firebird and the application not need necessarily
reside on the same machine where the database is running. It is
desirable to include only the minimal dependencies (Firebird client)
or it is advisable to include full Firebird?

Thanks in advance.

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marcov · 2013-10-11 08:47

GTK and the clientlib I guess.  (note you can see to which libraries
your main binary is linked against via "ldd ./file").

Most of them (intl/libc/iconv etc) are in base though.

Note that .deb packages software in principle for that distribution in
that version on that architecture. It probably will work on closely
related distributions too, but no guarantees there.

If you need to setup something wrt the server (e.g. run a few scripts
to make a db etc) it is easier to make a very small separate package
that has a dependency on the server and provides the scripts or even
runs them.

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BigChimp · 2013-10-11 11:54

Quote from: gato2707 on October 11, 2013, 02:55:35 am2) The program
uses Firebird and the application not need necessarily reside on the
same machine where the database is running. It is desirable to include
only the minimal dependencies (Firebird client) or it is advisable to
include full Firebird?
I'd think you can use the requires lines in the deb to specify the
Firebird client as a requirement and you can use the recommends line
to include the firebird server package as an optional installation.

You could also look into how to use embedded Firebird; perhaps using
the Firebird client would be enough for that; haven't tried yet.

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gato2707 · 2013-10-12 03:09

Thanks both of you. I'll check all dependencies as you sugest me.

Excelent idea separate fbclient as a requirement and recomend firebird
server.

Thanks again.