Setting up a program for distrobution.

[Godd]

I've made what I believe to be a very useful program, and I'd like to set it up for distribution.

I have no clue where to begin looking for, or what to look for.

How do I do this, setting up a bash prog for compiling, or where should I look.

[cabalas]

If I was you I'd look into something like autotools for compiling your program (if you choose to look into autotools I found this link useful: http://ubuntuforums.org/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=6789933 )

For distributing a binary if your targeting ubuntu (or any debian based distro for that matter) you should look at the stick on how to make a basic debian package which can be found here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=910717