gulp-deb

Build DEB Packages with Gulp
==============================

Note: This plugin is not ready to use in production

Deb archives is a great way for distribute your software package

Basic Usage

Install plugin:
``
npm install --saveDev gulp-deb
`

Then you can use it in your gulpfile

`javascript
var gulp = require('gulp');
var deb = require('gulp-deb');

gulp.task('build', function () {

return gulp
.src([
'src/**',
'node_modules/**',
'!/.git/'
], { base: process.cwd() })
.pipe(deb('example.deb', {
name: 'example',
version: '1',
maintainer: {
name: 'John Doe',
email: 'john.doe@example.org'
},
architecture: 'all', // Optional. String. Architecture
installedSize: 1024, // Optional. Integer. Installed-Size, KiB.
preDepends: [
'dpkg (>= 1.15.6)'
], // Optional. Array or String. Pre-Depends
depends: [
'libc6 (>= 2.1)'
], // Optional. Array or String. Depends
recommends: null, // Optional. Array or String. Recommends
suggests: null, // Optional. Array or String. Suggests
enhances: null, // Optional. Array or String. Enhances
section: 'devel', // Optional. String. Section
priority: 'optional', // Optional. String. Priority
homepage: 'example.org', // Optional. String. Homepage
short_description: 'some short description',
long_description: 'some long description'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('builds/'));
});
`

More information about package control files here.

Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script

These files are executable scripts which are automatically run before or after a package is installed. Read more here.

`javascript
var gulp = require('gulp');
var deb = require('gulp-deb');
var fs = require("fs");

gulp.task('build', function () {

var preinstContent = fs.readFileSync("scripts/preinst", "utf8");
var postrmContent = fs.readFileSync("scripts/postrm", "utf8");

return gulp
.src([
'src/**',
'node_modules/**',
'!/.git/'
], { base: process.cwd() })
.pipe(deb('example.deb', {
name: 'example',
version: '1.0.0-1',
maintainer: {
name: 'John Doe',
email: 'john.doe@example.org'
},
short_description: 'some short description',
long_description: 'some long description',
//...
scripts: {
preinst: preinstContent,
postrm: postrmContent
}
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('builds/'));
});
`

TODO

- Add md5sums` option for generate corresponding file with checksum for every file

Contribution

Feel free to contribute! Any help will be useful!