Building package from binary files - what's wrong with my control file

Posted by Hannes de Jager on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Hannes de Jager
Published on 2012-11-15T10:30:33Z Indexed on 2012/11/15 11:23 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 256

Filed under:

packaging

I'm busy trying to build a .deb package from the binaries of my application (non open source) and I'm having trouble getting the correct info to display in the Ubuntu Software Centre (when you click on the .deb file).

Please see screenshot below of control file and Software Centre View. It seems like the package name and the package description is swapped. I'm expecting the part in bold to read "attix5pro" and not "Cloud backup agent". Can someone show my my mistake or guide me?

Screenshot of control file and details in Ubuntu Software Centre

Related posts about packaging

Game cross-compiling and packaging

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, Some friends and I wanted to develop a game. Any language will do. I've been programming in C for years, but never wrote a game before. One of us knows SDL a little bit. It would also be a nice excuse to learn Python+pygame. We wish our game to be 'standalone'. By standalone, I mean most users… >>> More
maven generate eclipse project for custom packaging

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi,for a project I'm working on, I've defined a custom maven packaging, and the associated lifecycle (through the definition of a components.xml and the definition of a LifecycleMapping). Obviously, this packaging corresponds to a specific development, for which a plugin has been created in Eclipse… >>> More
Packaging a qt application compiled with shared libraries

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi Geeks, I downloaded the qt embedded demo source code recently on my linux machine. Following are the outcomes during running of the program I compiled it statically on my x86 machine and run the application on x86 machine it runs fine. But when i took the statically compiled binary file to other… >>> More
Cisco Prime NCS not starting

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I have received the Cisco Prime OVA file and which we placed onto an Oracle virtual environment. We turn the VM on and the CLI boots, When we try to start the NCS service we get errors. HOSTNAME/USER# ncs start Starting Network Control System... Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException … >>> More
Installed VS Express 2010 with .NET 4.0 and now .NET 3.5 setup project adds 15 dependencies

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, I installed VS Express 2010 with .NET 4.0 and now a .NET 3.5 setup project in VS 2008 adds 15 dependencies (below), what is going on??? I did not change anything in the project in between installing VS 2010, VS 2008 is packagin the following files in the project: ==================== Packaging… >>> More

Developer IT