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Posted to user@cassandra.apache.org by Francois Richard <fr...@xobni.com> on 2010/09/16 19:30:52 UTC

Buildding a Ubuntu / Debian package for Cassandra

Guys,

I am trying to build a debian package in order to deploy Cassandra 0.6.5 on Ubuntu.  I see that you have a ./debian directory in the source builds, do you have a bit more background on how it is used and build?

P.S. I am new to Ubuntu/Debian packaging so any type of pointer will help.

Thanks,

FR



Francois Richard

Re: Buildding a Ubuntu / Debian package for Cassandra

Posted by Clint Byrum <cl...@ubuntu.com>.

On Sep 16, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Francois Richard wrote:

> Thanks Clint,
> 
> I am going to look-up the links below, I am pretty new on the DEB packaging in general and from what I have seen so far, a lot of the tutorial on the web are mostly based on classic [ .configure | make | make install ] of an application built in C.  In this case I wanted to figure out the DEB packaging in the context of a Java application.  I'll read on more and will stay in touch.
> 

Actually there's a lot of ambiguity in packaging that arise given Java's unique properties as a compiled, architecture independent platform. I wouldn't recommend *starting* your debian packaging journey with java. Maybe find a nice C program first. ;)

> My goal at the end of the day, is to install " the stock" package for Cassandra and then to create a special Cassandra-config package that would move and deploy my customized configuration files on the system.
> 

You're probably better off using a configuration management system such as puppet, chef, or cfengine to.. well.. manage your configuration.

RE: Buildding a Ubuntu / Debian package for Cassandra

Posted by Francois Richard <fr...@xobni.com>.

Thanks Clint,

I am going to look-up the links below, I am pretty new on the DEB packaging in general and from what I have seen so far, a lot of the tutorial on the web are mostly based on classic [ .configure | make | make install ] of an application built in C.  In this case I wanted to figure out the DEB packaging in the context of a Java application.  I'll read on more and will stay in touch.

My goal at the end of the day, is to install " the stock" package for Cassandra and then to create a special Cassandra-config package that would move and deploy my customized configuration files on the system.

Thanks,

FR

-----Original Message-----
From: Clint Byrum [mailto:clint@ubuntu.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:54 AM
To: user@cassandra.apache.org
Subject: Re: Buildding a Ubuntu / Debian package for Cassandra

Hello Francois, 

There are already .debs available here:

http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging

I've also setup a PPA to build the packages on Ubuntu here:

https://launchpad.net/~cassandra-ubuntu/+archive/stable

Its currently still at v0.6.4, but I am in the process of uploading 0.6.5 as I write this email..

The .debs are nearly identical. The only difference is that I've packaged the jars necessary to build, so that you get the same exact versions of all libraries if you need to patch + repeat the build. Also, these are built specifically for Ubuntu releases, so if we find any incompatibilities between debian/ubuntu we can fix them for ubuntu users. 

I hope this helps!

On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Francois Richard wrote:

> Guys,
>  
> I am trying to build a debian package in order to deploy Cassandra 0.6.5 on Ubuntu.  I see that you have a ./debian directory in the source builds, do you have a bit more background on how it is used and build?
>  
> P.S. I am new to Ubuntu/Debian packaging so any type of pointer will help.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> FR
>  
>  
>  
> Francois Richard

Re: Buildding a Ubuntu / Debian package for Cassandra

Posted by Clint Byrum <cl...@ubuntu.com>.

Hello Francois, 

There are already .debs available here:

http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging

I've also setup a PPA to build the packages on Ubuntu here:

https://launchpad.net/~cassandra-ubuntu/+archive/stable

Its currently still at v0.6.4, but I am in the process of uploading 0.6.5 as I write this email..

The .debs are nearly identical. The only difference is that I've packaged the jars necessary to build, so that you get the same exact versions of all libraries if you need to patch + repeat the build. Also, these are built specifically for Ubuntu releases, so if we find any incompatibilities between debian/ubuntu we can fix them for ubuntu users. 

I hope this helps!

On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Francois Richard wrote:

> Guys,
>  
> I am trying to build a debian package in order to deploy Cassandra 0.6.5 on Ubuntu.  I see that you have a ./debian directory in the source builds, do you have a bit more background on how it is used and build?
>  
> P.S. I am new to Ubuntu/Debian packaging so any type of pointer will help.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> FR
>  
>  
>  
> Francois Richard

Re: Buildding a Ubuntu / Debian package for Cassandra

Posted by Dave Viner <da...@pobox.com>.

Hi Francois,

Any reason http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging isn't working
for you?

Dave Viner


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Francois Richard <fr...@xobni.com>wrote:

> Guys,
>
>
>
> I am trying to build a debian package in order to deploy Cassandra 0.6.5 on
> Ubuntu.  I see that you have a ./debian directory in the source builds, do
> you have a bit more background on how it is used and build?
>
>
>
> P.S. I am new to Ubuntu/Debian packaging so any type of pointer will help.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> FR
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Francois Richard *
>