How to create an apt package without the pain
Publishing the json-toolkit into the apt(itude) package manager was a painful few hours of working with poorly documented tools, no examples, and long winded documentation. This guide’s purpose is to help you not go through that same pain. Why are other guides not helpful? Well the official one starts off:
This is a pragmatic approach to learning how to create Debian packages.
Debian packaging is not that hard. Read first the introduction to Debian Packaging.
If the information below doesn't answer your questions, please look in the New Maintainer's Guide and in Debian Policy
You know when they tell you “it’s not that hard” and then read a bunch of docs…something’s wrong
Overview
I’ve made this much easier with a stripped out guide and the only cloneable repo I’ve come across (if someone knows of a better existing one, please let me know).
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