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Package: maint-guide (1.2.11)

Debian New Maintainers' Guide

This package contains the Debian New Maintainers' Guide.

This document tries to describe building of a Debian package to the common Debian user, and wannabe developer. It uses pretty common language, and it's well covered with working examples.

The document contains these chapters: 

    * 1 Getting started The Right Way
    * 2 First steps
    * 3 Modifying the source
    * 4 Required stuff under debian/
    * 5 Other files under debian/
    * 6 Building the package
    * 7 Checking the package for errors
    * 8 Uploading the package
    * 9 Updating the package
    * 10 Where to ask for help

Other Packages Related to maint-guide

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  • sug: developers-reference
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  • sug: devscripts
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  • sug: dh-make
    tool that converts source archives into Debian package source
  • sug: doc-base
    utilities to manage online documentation
  • sug: dupload
    utility to upload Debian packages
    or dput
    Debian package upload tool
  • sug: fakeroot
    Gives a fake root environment
  • sug: linda
    Debian package checker, not unlike lintian
  • sug: lintian
    Debian package checker
  • sug: pbuilder
    personal package builder for Debian packages

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