[GNC-dev] Help packaging GnuCash 3.x for Ubuntu Bionic

[Tommy Trussell]

My NEXT step (to "sweeten" the backport request) is to upload the patched
file to a PPA but (in my usual very slow style) I am still puzzling out how
to sign the packages. I have a published key I created years ago but
apparently I'm missing some (literal) key concepts. :-P

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:51 AM Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:

> Thanks Tommy for this info.  I've been slammed the last couple of
> weeks.  Hopefully will be able to look at this next week.  --Steve
>
> On 10/9/19 9:32 AM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> > Here's a tested working procedure for building and installing GnuCash
> > under Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS. I presume it should also work with Mint
> > or any other distro based on Bionic.
> >
> > REQUIREMENTS
> > An Ubuntu Bionic installation *with bionic-backports activated. (I
> > used a minimal Xubuntu installation in a VirtualBox VM for this test.)
> >
> > 1) Create a source directory
> >
> >   $ mkdir bionic37
> >   $ cd bionic37
> >
> > 2) Get the latest Ubuntu package
> >
> >   $ dget
> >
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcefiles/gnucash/1:3.7-1ubuntu1/gnucash_3.7-1ubuntu1.dsc
> >
> > 2b) Move into the directory created by the source package
> >
> >   $ cd gnucash-3.7
> >
> > 3) Comment out a build flag line in debian/rules so it will build in
> > Bionic
> >
> >   $ sed -i 's/export DEB_CXXFLAGS/#export DEB_CXXFLAGS/' debian/rules
> >
> > 4) Make this your custom version (so any "official" release should
> > supersede it).
> >
> >   $ dch --nmu
> >
> > 4b) Edit the version at the top so it reads something like
> >   gnucash (1:3.7-1ubuntu18.04~1)
> >
> > 4c) Add a comment under your name and email in the first comment
> > saying something like
> >   "Commented out DEB_CXXFLAGS instruction in debian/rules"
> >
> > 4d) Save and exit the editor.
> >
> > 5) Upgrade debhelper
> >
> >   $ sudo apt install debhelper/bionic-backports
> >
> > 6) Build the package
> >
> >   $ dpkg-buildpackage
> >
> > 7) You will see the package files in the bionic37 directory, ready to
> > install.
> >
> >   $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb *.ddeb
> >
> >   $ sudo apt install -f
> >
> > The dpkg -i command above attempts to install gnucash .deb files (and
> > the optional .ddeb debugging files). In a fresh installation, "dpkg
> > -i" will fail because of missing dependencies, so the "apt install -f"
> > command will install the missing dependencies and finish installing
> > gnucash.
> >
>
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