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==How to make a GNU package?==
==How to make a GNU package?==
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* find a name for the package
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* find a name for the package, for instance "hello"
* structure the package directory:
* structure the package directory:
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  touch README INSTALL NEWS AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog
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mkdir mypkg; cd mypkg
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  mkdir src build-aux doc test #lib
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  touch COPYING README INSTALL NEWS AUTHORS ChangeLog
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  mkdir src build-aux doc tests # you can also add other directories, e.g. scripts, data, lib
* populate the <code>src/</code> directory with your code, e.g. <code>hello.cpp</code>
* populate the <code>src/</code> directory with your code, e.g. <code>hello.cpp</code>
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* use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_build_system Autotools] (see [http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html tutorial]):
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* retrieve the license, for instance [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPLv3]:
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  touch configure.ac Makefile.am src/Makefile.am doc/Makefile.am #and edit
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wget -O COPYING http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
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  autoreconf --install
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  ./configure #can be followed by --prefix=... or LDFLAGS=...
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* fill the information files, such as README ([http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/gsl/trunk/annotate/head:/README example]), INSTALL ([http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/gsl/trunk/annotate/head:/INSTALL example])...
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  make
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  make check
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* use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_build_system Autotools] (see the [http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html manual] and this [http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html tutorial]; for the tests, have a look [http://www.sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_98.html here]):
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  touch configure.ac Makefile.am src/Makefile.am doc/Makefile.am # and edit these files
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  autoreconf --install # use autoreconf --force the next times you want re-build configure
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  ./configure # can be followed by --prefix=~/bin, LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib, etc
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  make # can be followed by LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -static"
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  make check # to automatically execute the tests
* write some documentation in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texinfo Texinfo]:
* write some documentation in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texinfo Texinfo]:
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  wget -O fdl.texi http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/gnustandards/fdl.texi?root=gnustand
  wget -O fdl.texi http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/gnustandards/fdl.texi?root=gnustand
ards&content-type=text%2Fplain
ards&content-type=text%2Fplain
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  touch manual.texi #and edit
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  touch manual_hello.texi # and edit
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make pdf
</nowiki>
</nowiki>
* make your package available to anyone:
* make your package available to anyone:
  make install
  make install
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  make distclean
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  make distcheck # can be followed by DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib for instance
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  make dist
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tar tzvf mypkg-0.1.tar.gz # to check what is in the release
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* version your code, for instance with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%29 Git] (read the [http://git-scm.com/book book]!):
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git init
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git add AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL Makefile.am NEWS README TODO build-aux/* configure.ac
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git add src/Makefile.am src/hello.cpp
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git add doc/Makefile.am doc/manual_hello.texi doc/fdl.texi
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git add tests/Makefile.am tests/test1.bash
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git commit -m "first commit"
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# and edit .git/info/exclude or .gitignore, tag your release, etc
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And check that you have all required files in your repo:
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cd ~/tmp; git clone ~/<path_to_original_repo>/hello
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autoreconf --force
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./configure
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make
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make check
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make install
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  make distcheck
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* share your code, for instance on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub GitHub] (see [http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Timothee_Flutre/Notebook/Postdoc/2012/08/14 my tips])
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* share your code, for instance on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub GitHub] (read the [http://help.github.com/ help]!)
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How to make a GNU package?

  • find a name for the package, for instance "hello"
  • structure the package directory: 
mkdir mypkg; cd mypkg
touch COPYING README INSTALL NEWS AUTHORS ChangeLog
mkdir src build-aux doc tests # you can also add other directories, e.g. scripts, data, lib
  • populate the src/ directory with your code, e.g. hello.cpp
  • retrieve the license, for instance GPLv3: 
wget -O COPYING http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
  • fill the information files, such as README (example), INSTALL (example)... 
touch configure.ac Makefile.am src/Makefile.am doc/Makefile.am # and edit these files
autoreconf --install # use autoreconf --force the next times you want re-build configure
./configure # can be followed by --prefix=~/bin, LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib, etc
make # can be followed by LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -static"
make check # to automatically execute the tests
  • write some documentation in Texinfo: 
 cd doc
 wget -O fdl.texi http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/gnustandards/fdl.texi?root=gnustand
ards&content-type=text%2Fplain
 touch manual_hello.texi # and edit
 make pdf
  • make your package available to anyone: 
make install
make distcheck # can be followed by DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib for instance
tar tzvf mypkg-0.1.tar.gz # to check what is in the release
  • version your code, for instance with Git (read the book!): 
git init
git add AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL Makefile.am NEWS README TODO build-aux/* configure.ac 
git add src/Makefile.am src/hello.cpp
git add doc/Makefile.am doc/manual_hello.texi doc/fdl.texi
git add tests/Makefile.am tests/test1.bash
git commit -m "first commit"
# and edit .git/info/exclude or .gitignore, tag your release, etc

And check that you have all required files in your repo: 

cd ~/tmp; git clone ~/<path_to_original_repo>/hello
autoreconf --force
./configure
make
make check
make install
make distcheck
  • share your code, for instance on GitHub (read the help!)


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