[TriLUG] September Meeting: Making Debian Packages

Igor Partola igor at igorpartola.com
Wed Sep 7 09:48:07 EDT 2011


BTW, this is going to be a follow-along presentation. If you want, bring a
laptop with a Debian-based distro so you could create a package during the
talk.

Igor

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Bill Farrow <bill at arrowsreach.com> wrote:

> Topic: Making Debian Packages
> Presenter: Igor Partola
> When: 7PM, Thursday September 8, 2011
> Where:Red Hat Worldwide Headquarters
> http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/ww/americas/raleigh.html
> Permalink:http://trilug.org/2011-09-08/debianizing
>
> Have you ever wished you could `apt-get install allmyapps`? After this
> presentation you can!
>
> Deploying software to a production environment often presents
> challenges to those charged with infrastructure and operations. It is
> typical for each piece of software to come with a separate deployment
> and startup procedure, a unique layout of configuration files, and a
> different logging strategy.
>
> Using the standard Debian package format is one way to unify software
> deployment. TriLUG member Igor Partola will be showing how to use
> Debian packages to create a powerful and flexible build and deploy
> process for your software.
>
> The talk will include a tutorial portion showing how to prepare and
> package a piece of existing software, as well as a discussion of how
> to set up repositories for hosting your packages.
>
> Igor Partola works as a developer and "man behind the curtain" at
> TransLoc Inc where, amongst other things, he has packaged most of the
> software stack as Debian packages. He has a wide array of interests in
> software engineering, including web applications and web application
> infrastructure and operations, mobile development and networking.
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