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Create a Debian package from your Python application

This post describes in enough detail how to package your Python application in a Debian package.

2008 01 02 Charles McCreary Linux
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Ubuntu Gutsy

I’ve migrated most of the desktops in the organization to Gutsy Gibbon. Flawless installs. Granted, I do the following to make sure this is the case:
keep /home on a separate partition
Install non-standard apps in a separate partition (e.g. /opt)
Use the following to keep a list of what packages you need/like:
dpkg –get-selections | grep -v deinstall [...]

2007 11 13 Charles McCreary Comments (0)

Updating the test box from Edgy Eft to Feisty Fawn

The test box is a modest single core, 1GB ram, frankenstein cobbled together from the remaining parts of various dead computers. Not for production use. So of course it is the family PC. The family members suffered through various Windows installations but no more than I as I am the designated IT “go-to guy”. “Dad, [...]

2007 04 30 Charles McCreary Linux Comments (0)