Moblin Package Creator
Submitted by John Chen, updated on 7 Jan 2010
Moblin Package Creator is a tool that can be used to quickly generate RPM and DEB packages from your autogen-based project.
Moblin Package Creator is written in C and comprises a library (libmpc) and application (moblin-package-creator). The library exposes a C interface to allow the functionality to be used in other projects. The application has support for a console version and GUI:
It is licensed as LGPL.
Download, Install, and Run
In order to create DEB packages on RPM-based systems like Fedora and to create RPM packages on DEB-based systems like Ubuntu, a few extra utility packages must be installed on each distribution. For this reason, the following download is a tarball containing multiple RPM and DEB packages and scripts to help install them.
- Size : 1.4 MB
- Contains packages: checkinstall, dh-make, dpkg, moblin-package-creator
Unzip the code and change directory:
$ tar zxvf moblin-package-creator-<version>.tgz
$ cd moblin-package-creator-<version>Install
$ sudo ./install_mpc.shIf you wish to build Moblin Package Creator from source, jump to Build From Source.
Start the program
After successfully running the scripts above, you can start the program:
$ moblin-package-creatorFeature List
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| RPM package creation | Output can be installed on Moblin RPM-based distributions including those associated with the Intel Atom Developer Program Application Store |
| DEB package creation | Output can be installed on Moblin DEB-based distributions including those associated with the Intel Atom Developer Program Application Store |
Using Moblin Package Creator
Tips and Tricks
