IPhone Make Cydia Package - Revision history

Ivc: /* Make package */

2009-08-28T15:15:58Z

Make package

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	On Linux or Mac OS X, get the suitable dpkg-deb binary:		On Linux or Mac OS X, get the suitable dpkg-deb binary:

	* [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-deb-lnx dpkg-deb Linux		* [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-deb-lnx dpkg-deb Linux]
	* [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-deb-fat dpkg-deb Mac OS X		* [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-deb-fat dpkg-deb Mac OS X]

	And run the following command to build the package, not that there's no ending slash.		And run the following command to build the package, not that there's no ending slash.

Ivc at 14:20, 4 February 2009

2009-02-04T14:20:12Z

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	Name: ProgramName		Name: ProgramName
	Version: 1.0		Version: 1.0
			Priority: optional
	Size: 128222		Size: 128222
	Installed-Size: 125		Installed-Size: 125

Ivc at 22:15, 1 February 2009

2009-02-01T22:15:47Z

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	Version: 1.0		Version: 1.0
	Size: 128222		Size: 128222
			Installed-Size: 125
	Architecture: iphoneos-arm		Architecture: iphoneos-arm
	Description: An example of using APT, short desc.		Description: An example of using APT, short desc.
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	Sponsor: Microsoft <http://www.microsoft.com/>		Sponsor: Microsoft <http://www.microsoft.com/>
	Section: Utilities		Section: Utilities
	Icon: <nowiki>~~http~~://~~www.saurik.com~~/~~programname~~/icon.png</nowiki>		Icon: <nowiki>file:///Applications/ProgramName/icon.png</nowiki>

	Omit the Depiction field if you want to show the Description field instead of the URL provided.		Omit the Depiction field if you want to show the Description field instead of the URL provided.

Ivc at 21:53, 1 February 2009

2009-02-01T21:53:13Z

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	Sponsor: Microsoft <http://www.microsoft.com/>		Sponsor: Microsoft <http://www.microsoft.com/>
	Section: Utilities		Section: Utilities
	Icon: http://www.saurik.com/programname/icon.png		Icon: <nowiki>http://www.saurik.com/programname/icon.png</nowiki>

	Omit the Depiction field if you want to show the Description field instead of the URL provided.		Omit the Depiction field if you want to show the Description field instead of the URL provided.
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	Components: main		Components: main
	Description: An Example Repository from HowTo Instructions		Description: An Example Repository from HowTo Instructions
	Icon: http://www.saurik.com/~~cydia~~.png		Icon: <nowiki>http://www.saurik.com/repo.png</nowiki>

	This information will be shown in the ''Sources''-section in Cydia.		This information will be shown in the ''Sources''-section in Cydia.

Ivc: /* Create repository */

2009-02-01T21:14:07Z

Create repository

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	Components: main		Components: main
	Description: An Example Repository from HowTo Instructions		Description: An Example Repository from HowTo Instructions
			Icon: http://www.saurik.com/cydia.png

	This information will be shown in the ''Sources''-section in Cydia.		This information will be shown in the ''Sources''-section in Cydia.

Ivc: /* Make package */

2009-02-01T20:53:04Z

Make package

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	contains user-defined field		contains user-defined field

	The final package is ~~either~~ created in the working directory ~~or as a hidden .deb in the ProgramName folder~~, view it with ''ls -la''.		The final package is created in the working directory, view the directory with ''ls -lha''.

	== Create repository ==		== Create repository ==

Ivc: /* Make package */

2009-02-01T20:52:21Z

Make package

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	* [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-deb-fat dpkg-deb Mac OS X		* [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-deb-fat dpkg-deb Mac OS X

	And run the following command.		And run the following command to build the package, not that there's no ending slash.

	dpkg-deb -b ProgramName		dpkg-deb -b ProgramName

Ivc at 20:50, 1 February 2009

2009-02-01T20:50:56Z

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	Package: com.saurik.programname		Package: com.saurik.programname
	Name: ProgramName		Name: ProgramName
	Version: 1.0~~.4-1~~		Version: 1.0
			Size: 128222
	Architecture: iphoneos-arm		Architecture: iphoneos-arm
	Description: An example of using APT, short desc.		Description: An example of using APT, short desc.
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	Section: Utilities		Section: Utilities
	Icon: http://www.saurik.com/programname/icon.png		Icon: http://www.saurik.com/programname/icon.png

			Omit the Depiction field if you want to show the Description field instead of the URL provided.

	== Make package ==		== Make package ==

Ivc: New page: Cydia packages are simple .deb-files, also known from Debian Linux distribution. == Package files == When the program is ready and testing is done, create the following directory structu...

2009-02-01T20:38:51Z

New page: Cydia packages are simple .deb-files, also known from Debian Linux distribution. == Package files == When the program is ready and testing is done, create the following directory structu...

New page

Cydia packages are simple .deb-files, also known from Debian Linux distribution.

== Package files ==

When the program is ready and testing is done, create the following directory structure:

- ProgramName
- Applications
| - ProgramName.app
| | - Info.plist
| | - ProgramName
| | - icon.png
| | - Default.png
| | - ... and all other files
- DEBIAN
| - control
- System
| ... and other files

The control-file should contain the following information:

Package: com.saurik.programname
Name: ProgramName
Version: 1.0.4-1
Architecture: iphoneos-arm
Description: An example of using APT, short desc.
Every day people use Cydia, but with the
instructions embodied in this package,
people can publish for it as well.
Homepage: http://www.saurik.com/id/7
Depiction: http://www.saurik.com/id/7
Maintainer: Your Name <you@example.com>
Author: Jay Freeman <saurik@saurik.com>
Sponsor: Microsoft <http://www.microsoft.com/>
Section: Utilities
Icon: http://www.saurik.com/programname/icon.png

== Make package ==

On Linux or Mac OS X, get the suitable dpkg-deb binary:

* [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-deb-lnx dpkg-deb Linux
* [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-deb-fat dpkg-deb Mac OS X

And run the following command.

dpkg-deb -b ProgramName

Ignore any user-defined field errors.

contains user-defined field

The final package is either created in the working directory or as a hidden .deb in the ProgramName folder, view it with ''ls -la''.

== Create repository ==

A repository is necessary to make the package show up in Cydia.

Download the modified [http://beta.ivancover.com/iphone/cydia/dpkg-scanpackages dpkg-scanpackages] where the user-defined fields Name, Author, Homepage, and Icon is added to the filedpri-array (perl script). Create the ''Packages''-file using the following command:

dpkg-scanpackages -m . /dev/null >Packages

Look at the file content to verify that the package and field information is correct:

cat Packages

Compress it using bzip:

bzip2 Packages

Optionally create a metadata file in the same directory as ''Packages'' called ''Release'' describing the repository:

Origin: Saurik's Example for Cydia
Label: Cydia Example Short
Suite: stable
Version: 0.9
Codename: tangelo
Architectures: iphoneos-arm
Components: main
Description: An Example Repository from HowTo Instructions

This information will be shown in the ''Sources''-section in Cydia.

== References ==
* [http://www.saurik.com/id/7 How to host a Cydia repository]