Re: Some more Help needed for a beginner

2008/1/23, Anjan Santra <[email protected]>:
>
>  Hi Isak,
>  Since I found so many ppl on the net who have fallen in love with
> autopackage, I guess it is very easy to do a package.

It is, if you know how to do it :)

>  So definitely I am doing something which is more than a mistake, maybe a
> blunder!
>
>  I will note down the points/steps I am doing...
>
>  1. I created a directory "HelloWorld" in my home (where bashrc is). I do
> not have a /usr/bin permission.
>  2. Inside this directory I have 2 sub-dirs. viz. src\ and autopackage\
>  3. Inside src is the 'helloWorld.c' file.
>  4. From 'HelloWorld' dir I do a "makepackage -mkspec
> >autopackage/default.apspec"

This is ok, but just so that you know, we have a graphical editor that
can do this step.

>  5. I have a Makefile in 'HelloWorld" with the lines you had provided
> earlier.

Does it work? I wrote that Makefile from memory, without testing it.
Try running:
make
make install DESTDIR=/tmp/hello-world

and make sure you don't get any warnings or errors. If everything
works, you will have a the directory
/tmp/hello-world/bin/
containing your program.

>  6. I have modified the apspec file as per ur suggestion.... but since I do
> not have root permission I (later) modified
>          PREFIX=/usr
>          to
>          PREFIX=/home/anjan/helloWorld

This is wrong. You should not change prefix in your package.
Autopackage will, att install time, ask if you have root access - if
you answer "No" it will install to the correct location in your home
directory (which is ~/.local/ )

>  7. Now in 'HelloWorld' when I do a makepackage, it simply executes (with
> warning "can't remove /tmp/atpkgXYZ").
>  Then nothing happens.

Huh? no errors, no nothing?

>  Where do I look for the thing hello.package. What step am I missing. Is
> there some more intermediatory steps I am missing?

The .package should be there in the same folder. Make sure your
makefile works. If you still can't make it work, create a tar archive
and mail it to me ([email protected]) and I'll try it

-Isak

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