packaging a dictionary

[spanella47]

would like to package a Hunspell dictionary that is distributed as a single file called:
en_US_OpenMedSpel.dic

How do would I package it so it ends up in the right folder to be seen by OpenOffice, Firefox, etc?

http://www.e-medtools.com/Hunspel_openmedspel.html

[Pro-reason]

Do you just want to create a DEB for yourself, or do you want to add it to a PPA repository?

[spanella47]

either way really. I would imagine others would use it as well since its the only medical dictionary I've found. so getting it on a PPA or in the Ubuntu repositories would be good too.

[InfinityCircuit]

Read the debian policy

http://dict-common.alioth.debian.org/

Really what you need to do is make a simple debian/rules file. You should check if you have debhelper 7 installed--if you do you can use the new "dh" calls to automate the entirety of the process and then just put the dictionary's name and install path in debian/install

[Pro-reason]

See my tutorial (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5862233).

[UbuWu]

Spanella, I hope you can get it in the repositories. That would be a great addition!

[spanella47]

See my tutorial (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5862233).

thanks alot, well done guide!

any chance you could help me with my debain/rules file. think the debian guide (http://dict-common.alioth.debian.org/dsdt-policy.html) is saying that i need to have installdeb-myspell somewhere. then 2 extra scripts postinst and postrm, but should they have headers or just the text they gave?

[Pro-reason]

thanks alot, well done guide!

any chance you could help me with my debain/rules file. think the debian guide (http://dict-common.alioth.debian.org/dsdt-policy.html) is saying that i need to have installdeb-myspell somewhere. then 2 extra scripts postinst and postrm, but should they have headers or just the text they gave?

For a DEB file as simple as the one you want to make, you don't have to worry about postinst and postrm. Just follow my tutorial instead.

[spanella47]

For a DEB file as simple as the one you want to make, you don't have to worry about postinst and postrm. Just follow my tutorial instead.

hmm, looks like those scripts are used to update the dictionary.list file so OpenOffice, etc see the new dictionary. would have to call it separately after install if not during.

[Pro-reason]

hmm, looks like those scripts are used to update the dictionary.list file so OpenOffice, etc see the new dictionary. would have to call it separately after install if not during.

Ah, well, if there is anything like that, then yes, you need to add something to the postinst script. The Debian guide should have all the info.

[spanella47]

was able to get everything installed in the right place, but the postinst and postrm scripts aren't working.

OpenOffice is also crashing when the dictionary is installed. Seems related to the dictionary.lst. does anyone know how to add a medical dictionary properly?

[Pro-reason]

was able to get everything installed in the right place, but the postinst and postrm scripts aren't working.

OpenOffice is also crashing when the dictionary is installed. Seems related to the dictionary.lst. does anyone know how to add a medical dictionary properly?

If it is like any other OpenOffice dictionary, then it should be sufficient to add the following snippets to the postinst and postrm scripts:


if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
update-openoffice-dicts
fi



if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then
update-openoffice-dicts
fi

[spanella47]

should have included the whole script code. I copied the top part from another package. other one is similar.

#!/bin/sh
set -e
if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
update-openoffice-dicts
fi

also where should they be? within the debian folder?

[Pro-reason]

should have included the whole script code. I copied the top part from another package. other one is similar.

also where should they be? within the debian folder?

That's a good idea. Look at existing, working packages in order to find out how to do things. Use the “apt-get source” command to get a package, and look inside.

You'll see that those scripts do indeed go in the debian directory.

Here's a complete script from one of the existing openoffice dictionaries:


#!/bin/sh

set -e

if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
update-openoffice-dicts
fi

#DEBHELPER#

exit 0

[spanella47]

Think I got everything working with the install, let me know if something isn't working.

So without furthur ado, the first Medical Dictionary in Ubuntu can be downloaded from my PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~spanella/+archive

things may work differently with OpenOffice 3.0, when i update to intrepid after final release I'll try to troubleshoot any problems that may arise.