How to .deb a program?

[StOoZ]

I've built an open source application , in C++ , used several api's while doing it (wxWidgets , TagLib etc...). it was built in netbeans , how do I pack all the necessery stuff in that .deb file in order to make it run without installing wxwidgets and tablib and all the other libs separately?

[loboc]

use checkinstall instead of make for a quick and dirty package for local use

follow debian guidelines for developers for distribution ready www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy

[agapito]

I guess this would be a good place to start:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=51003

Have fun :)

[loboc]

I've built an open source application , in C++ , used several api's while doing it (wxWidgets , TagLib etc...). it was built in netbeans , how do I pack all the necessery stuff in that .deb file in order to make it run without installing wxwidgets and tablib and all the other libs separately?

For inclusion of dependencies see this

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s3.5

and this has a good explanation of whats going on

http://www.linux.com/articles/60383

[StOoZ]

ok , seems like according to your links , debian pkg is not what I want now , I would like it to be used on any linux machine.
so I just distribute the source code , and tell the user which dependencies he needs to d/w in order for it to work.
anyhow its a good info - will back it up in my favs.
thanks!!!

so I have some new questions :
in my program , all the libs where installed in the default locations , I have some includes and linking from /use/local/lib ...
how do I know that the user will do the same , if the libs will be installed in a different location , it means that the program will not work right?

[loboc]

I would roll a debian package anyway
and then put the source in a tar.gz and let the user who has to compile it worry about linking the libraries. Its not that hard to include a README file listing the source libraries required

[Diabolis]

Read the MOTU wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU

Masters Of The Universe, you'll find all the info there. You'll also find how your .deb can make it into the official repositories.