After extensively customising some software on one of our hosts, I realised I was staring down the barrel of repeating the same procedure another twenty times. No thanks. Instead, I decided to package the customisations and install that package onto each host. One small problem: I had absolutely no idea how to create Ubuntu packages or distribute them.
Several hours of trawling through documentation later, none of which ever quite told me enough. I pulled together two wiki articles that cover the whole process end to end. Hopefully they’ll save you the same headache.
- Package your software
- Create a personal Ubuntu package repository
- Documentation for Xeriom packaged software
If you spot mistakes, please do correct them; that is what a wiki is for.