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PyPackager is an onboard developpers tools which is usefull to create sources and binary Maemo package.
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PyPackager is an onboard developpers tools which is usefull to create sources and binary Maemo package.

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PyPackager

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**Licence :** GPLv3

**Source :** [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/khertan/pypackager)

**Download (Maemo):** [PyPackager on Maemo Repository](http://maemo.org/packages/view/pypackager/)

**Download (Meego):** [PyPackager on MeeGo Repository](http://repo.pub.meego.com/home:/khertan/Harmattan/armel/)

**Bugs Tracker :** [PyPackager Bug Tracker](https://github.com/khertan/pypackager/issues)

**Plateform :** Maemo Diablo, Maemo Fremantle



PyPackager is an onboard developpers tools which is usefull to create sources

and binary Maemo package.



![PyPackager Source screenshot](http://khertan.net/medias/pypackager.jpg)



## PyPackager HowTo



On the maemo platform, software is distributed using the Debian package

system. If you don't develop in Scratchbox, but directly on the device, you

need a tool to properly put together your software for distribution as such a

.deb package. To solve this, i've created PyPackager. PyPackager 3.x.x is the

same as Py2Deb, except that with the same script you can prepare package to be

uploaded to the extras maemo builder or build a debian package for maemo

directly on your device.



## Install PyPackager



Last version of pypackager is available in Maemo Extras-devel, so you can

install it with the application Manager.



## Prerequisites



Create a folder /myapp under your home folder (e.g. ”/home/user/myapp”). Then

add the following files and folders: * A subfolder /src that contains all your

source files in a folder structure which represents the way your app files

will install on the device - and with the correct permissions set (so do not

use the fat partition ~/MyDocs)! * The icon for your software package (e.g.

myapp.png, 48×48 pixels), the one that will be visible for your package in the

application manager. * And the make.py file



## programs and libraries with distutils



If you want to package a python program or library that is set up correctly

with distutils, you can use



    

    $ python setup.py bdist_dumb



to compile and generate a .tar.gz package in dist/ subdirectory. Just unpack

that package in the src/ folder and add the hildon desktop integration files

(see below) there.



## Example /src folder structure



Files needed for the Hildon desktop integration:



    

    /src/usr/share/applications/hildon/myapp.desktop

    /src/usr/share/dbus-1/services/myapp.service

    /src/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon/myapp.png

    /src/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon/myapp.png (64x64 pixel)



## myapp.desktop file



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    [Desktop Entry]

    Version=1.0.0

    Encoding=UTF-8

    Name=myApp

    Comment=Clock & day/night map

    Exec=/opt/myApp/myApp.py

    Icon=myapp

    X-Icon-path=/usr/share/icons

    X-Window-Icon=myapp

    Type=Application

    X-Osso-Service=net.khertan.myapp

    X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable

    StartupWMClass=myApp

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



*Version* is version of the desktop file, NOT of the app. Keep it at 1.0.0

*Name* is Name of the app as seen in Menu

*Description* is Description of the app as seen as subtitle in Menu in Finger

mode

*Exec* is link to the app

*Icon* is Name of our icon file, without the trailing .png part

*X-Icon-path* is Path to the icon

*X-Window-Icon* is Name of our icon file, without the trailing .png part

*StartupWMClass* is only needed because if it programs use direct screen

rendering librairy like PyGame, XLib or OpenGL.



Note that you need the X-Osso-Service line only if you actually use osso

services. Including that line in the .desktop file without proper handling of

osso events in the application will result in the application being terminated

shortly after startup.



##myapp.service

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    [D-BUS Service]

    Name=net.khertan.myapp

    Exec=/opt/myApp/myApp.py Link to the app

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



## Files of the application itself



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    /src/opt/myApp

    /src/opt/myApp/myApp.py

    /src/opt/myApp/myApp_other_class.py

    /src/opt/myApp/datas/myApp_image.png

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



myApp.py should begin with:



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    #!/usr/bin/env python

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



and be executable



## Setup the build_myapp.py code



Copy the following code to create your own build_myapp.py, then edit according

to your needs:



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    #!/usr/bin/python

    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

    ## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

    ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published

    ## by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 only.

    ##

    ## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

    ## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

    ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the

    ## GNU General Public License for more details.

    ##

    import pypackager

    import os

     

    if __name__ == "__main__":

        try:

            os.chdir(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))

        except:

            pass

     

        p=pypackager.PyPackager("khteditor")

        p.version='0.0.1'

        p.buildversion='1'

        p.display_name='KhtEditor'

        p.description="KhtEditor is a source code editor specially designed for devices running Maemo and Meego Handset."

        p.author="Benoît HERVIER"

        p.maintainer="Khertan"

        p.email="[email protected]"

        p.depends = "python2.5-qt4-gui,python2.5-qt4-core, python2.5-qt4-maemo5"

        p.suggests = "pylint"

        p.section="user/development"

        p.arch="armel"

        p.urgency="low"

        p.bugtracker='http://khertan.net/flyspray/index.php?project=7'

        p.distribution="fremantle"

        p.repository="extras-devel"

        p.icon='khteditor.png'

        p["/usr/bin"] = ["khteditor_launch.py",]

        p["/usr/share/dbus-1/services"] = ["khteditor.service",]

        p["/usr/share/pixmaps"] = ["khteditor.png",]

        p["/usr/share/applications/hildon"] = ["khteditor.desktop",]

        #Specific flags for meego

        p.maemo_flags = 'visible'

        p.meego_desktop_entry_filename = ''

        p.createDigsigsums = True

        p.aegisManifest = '''

          

          

          

          

          

          

        '''

        files = []

     

        #Src

        for root, dirs, fs in os.walk('/home/user/MyDocs/Projects/khteditor/khteditor'):

          for f in fs:

            #print os.path.basename(root),dirs,f

            prefix = 'khteditor/'

            if os.path.basename(root) != 'khteditor':

                prefix = prefix + os.path.basename(root) + '/'

            files.append(prefix+os.path.basename(f))

        print files

     

     

        p["/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages"] = files

     

        p.postinst = """#!/bin/sh

    chmod +x /usr/bin/khteditor_launch.py

    python -m compileall /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/khteditor"""

     

        p.changelog="""First Release

    """

     

    print p.generate(build_binary=False,build_src=True)

    #print p.generate(build_binary=True,build_src=True)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



## Run your make.py code



Open “X Terminal” on your device and change directory into your folder (e.g.

“cd /home/user/myapp”). Then run your code using “python2.5 make.py” in Xterm.

PyPackager will now package your files. Once this is done successfully,

depending on build option your ~/myapp folder will contain new files ready to

be uploaded to Maemo Auto Builder or ready to be upload to your own repository

  * myapp_0.5.6-1.changes (the changelog)

  * myapp_0.5.6-1.dsc (the package

description)

  * myapp_0.5.6-1.tar.gz (the packed source files)



This article is derivate from the [http://wiki.maemo.org/Py2Deb](http://wiki.maemo.org/Py2Deb) page.