[SOLVED] Packaging a .deb from a binary file

[Diabolis]

I'm trying to make a .deb file.

This is what I have:
ls -R | grep ./
./debian:
./debian/DEBIAN:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/bin:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/share:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/share/applications:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/share/conkygui:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/share/conkygui/bin:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/share/conkygui/lib:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/share/doc:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/share/doc/conkygui:
./debian/DEBIAN/usr/share/pixmaps:


To build the .deb I type:
dpkg --build debian/ conkygui_v12_all.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `conkygui' in `conkygui_v12_all.deb'.

Then I try to install it:
dpkg: error processing conkygui_v12_all.deb (--install):
package control info rmdir of `usr' didn't say not a dir: Directory not empty
Errors were encountered while processing:
conkygui_v12_all.deb

From what I have read, this error could be related to the directories structure that I'm using (not sure). But I don't find the error...

[Diabolis]

The directories structure was messed up, after correcting it, this is what I got:
./debian:
./debian/DEBIAN:
./debian/usr:
./debian/usr/bin:
./debian/usr/share:
./debian/usr/share/applications:
./debian/usr/share/conkygui:
./debian/usr/share/conkygui/bin:
./debian/usr/share/conkygui/lib:
./debian/usr/share/doc:
./debian/usr/share/doc/conkygui:
./debian/usr/share/pixmaps:

I repeated the same steps to build the package and then tried to install it. Of course, something went wrong, that is why I'm posting back.

sudo dpkg --install conkygui_v12_all.deb
dpkg: error processing conkygui_v12_all.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
conkygui_v12_all.deb

[Diabolis]

It finally worked. The problem was a desktop configuration file not well made.

I would give a thanks to myself if I could.

[Diabolis]

How did you solve the issue you had before while building the .deb?

I am having the same exact issue, and can't figure it out.

Your previous post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5503569&postcount=3)


Desktop configuration files (.desktop files) are the equivalent to Windows shortcuts. I can't remmeber which was the problem exactly, but you can search for how to make a well formed .desktop file.

[Ectara]

My .deb does not use .desktop files, rather simply installs a library and two symlinks into the /usr/lib/ folder. Not quite sure what the problem is. Currently trying to work with the debian package tester applications.