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2011-04-16
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Originally Posted by XenGi
No, you should never be installing a user config file as part of the package. Packages should only install system-wide config files (usually in /etc), or install the config files to a shared directory (under /usr/share usually), where they can be copied into the user directory when first run.
hi,
I'm developing an application with qt creator for n900.
In my app I need to save some stuff to a config file. This file should be located at "~/.myapp/config.xml".
Creating and editing the file at runtime is no problem but how do I add it to the debian package so that it will be installed along with the binary?
That should be the standard way in debian, should it?
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2011-04-16
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#3
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Originally Posted by XenGi
use the postinst file
hi,
I'm developing an application with qt creator for n900.
In my app I need to save some stuff to a config file. This file should be located at "~/.myapp/config.xml".
Creating and editing the file at runtime is no problem but how do I add it to the debian package so that it will be installed along with the binary?
That should be the standard way in debian, should it?
I search google and found many stuff regarding debian packaging but I'm didn't find a suitable answer.
u can create a config to write or u can move a config file after the installation directly using the postinst file to add at the DEBIAN folder
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2011-04-16
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#4
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So in my postinst.ex file I have now the following code:
And that in my postrm.ex file:
Is that correct? I haven't tested it.
Code:
[...]
case "$1" in
configure)
mkdir -p /etc/myapp/
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>" > /etc/myapp/config.xml
echo "<root>" >> /etc/myapp/config.xml
echo "</root>" >> /etc/myapp/config.xml
;;
abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
;;
*)
echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
[...]
Code:
case "$1" in
purge|remove|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade|disappear)
rm -r /etc/myapp/
;;
*)
echo "postrm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
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2011-04-16
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Originally Posted by XenGi
i think u gotta use /myapp without / at the end
So in my postinst.ex file I have now the following code:
And that in my postrm.ex file:Code:[...] case "$1" in configure) mkdir -p /etc/myapp/ echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>" > /etc/myapp/config.xml echo "<root>" >> /etc/myapp/config.xml echo "</root>" >> /etc/myapp/config.xml ;; abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure) ;; *) echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac [...]
Is that correct? I haven't tested it.Code:case "$1" in purge|remove|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade|disappear) rm -r /etc/myapp/ ;; *) echo "postrm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac
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2011-04-16
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#6
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Something doesn't work. The directory and file under /etc isn't created when I test my project in qt creator.
Also when I edit the files in the myapp-build-maemo/debian directory nothing happens.
Also when I edit the files in the myapp-build-maemo/debian directory nothing happens.
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2011-04-16
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#7
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try then with
sudo mkdir or become a root first
sudo mkdir or become a root first
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2011-04-16
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#8
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Originally Posted by santiago
This should be done automatically because qt creator launches dpkg remotely on the device.
try then with
sudo mkdir or become a root first
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2011-04-16
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#9
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Originally Posted by XenGi
postinst.ex is the example file isn't it? Have you actually renamed it to myapp.postinst?
So in my postinst.ex file I have now the following code
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2011-04-16
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ok. now I've renamed them, but it still does not work.
No /etc/myapp folder.
No /etc/myapp folder.
I'm developing an application with qt creator for n900.
In my app I need to save some stuff to a config file. This file should be located at "~/.myapp/config.xml".
Creating and editing the file at runtime is no problem but how do I add it to the debian package so that it will be installed along with the binary?
That should be the standard way in debian, should it?
I search google and found many stuff regarding debian packaging but I'm didn't find a suitable answer.