Re: Mahout + BigDataR Linux

[Nicholas Kolegraff <ni...@gmail.com>]

I'm on board with this.
This has been a common suggestion from more advanced users (and makes
sense).
I am exploring how to incorporate packages into the build process, I don't
want to commit to anything, yet, but plan to take a much deeper dive mid
July.


On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:00 AM, Isabel Drost <is...@apache.org> wrote:

> On 03.05.2012 Ted Dunning wrote:
> > As a point of strategy, wouldn't have better to just build a debian
> package
> > repository and a script for installing packages?
>
> Or go even one step further and provide real Debian packages?
>
>
> Isabel
>

Re: Mahout + BigDataR Linux

[Isabel Drost <is...@apache.org>]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Nicholas Kolegraff
<ni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm on board with this.
> This has been a common suggestion from more advanced users (and makes
> sense). I am exploring how to incorporate packages into the build process, I don't
> want to commit to anything, yet, but plan to take a much deeper dive mid
> July.

Some information that might help you:

The Debian new maintainers guide:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html

The Debian wiki on how to package Java projects including information
on how to package maven-built software:
http://wiki.debian.org/Java/Packaging

There also is a mailing list for more discussion on problems and
questions related to packaging java projects into Debian:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/

One word of warning: You might run into one issue or another as Java
projects usually aren't build in a way that's particularly amenable to
turn them into distribution packages right away. However it should
help that Mahout is maven built and relies on standard libraries only.


Cheers,
Isabel