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Or use FPM and ignore all the official rules. It will still work. https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by viraptor · 2025-05-26 · in Creating Debian packages from upstream Git

https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by otterley · 2024-02-09 · in OpenAI compatibility

…luck with fpm, which makes it easy to make packages of all different kinds, including deb and rpm: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by otherjason · 2024-02-03 · in A new Debian package helper: debputy

…that decision, check out FPM. It can shave off a few of the rough edges related to packaging: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by zbentley · 2023-11-06 · in Debian discusses vendoring again (2021)

…that allow you to make multiple targets though, so perhaps some integrations there would work. [1] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by _joel · 2023-09-05 · in A currently maintained fork of SSHFS

Find a sysadmin and point them at FPM: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by elsonrodriguez · 2023-08-09 · in PackagingCon – A conference only for software package management

…you can use nfpm [2] if you don't want to have to deal with installing Ruby & a gem. [1]: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm [2]: https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm

comment by piperswe · 2023-06-03 · in Fq: Jq for Binary Formats

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story by manx · 2021-11-07 · 3 comments

…I run into php-fpm [1]. There's an unfortunate naming collision, at least with the first. [0]: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm [1]: https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.php

comment by cik · 2021-04-29 · in Fortran Package Manager

…non-homogeneous environments. Containers solved that problem universally for all distributions. [0] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by aequitas · 2021-04-22 · in Tiny Container Challenge: Building a 6kB Containerized HTTP Server

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story by rlue · 2021-02-27 · 1 comment

After compiling the binary (with haskell-stack) I use fpm to package it up as a .deb ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm ). I then scp the file into the pool directory on my server, and re-run a script that calls apt-ftparchive and…

comment by ljm · 2021-02-09 · in Blog with Markdown and Git, and degrade gracefully through time

Devs might consider something like FPM ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm ) to make DEB/RPM/whatever packages that are a lot easier to install and manage.

comment by jefurii · 2020-12-10 · in HiFiBerryOS

…to build packages such as rpms, debs, OSX packages, etc. https://fpm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by sitkack · 2020-09-11 · in Debian project has plenty of money but not enough developers

…packaging. Unless you're doing something weird or need an obscure format, it is the tool you want. https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by _jal · 2020-09-05 · in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it

…and using ELF2deb [1] (shameless plug) allows packaging any files to a .deb with no effort. [0] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm [1] https://github.com/NicolaiSoeborg/ELF2deb

comment by NicolaiS · 2020-07-08 · in Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

I still go to FPM ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm ) for any distro-native packaging needs I have.

comment by raziel2p · 2020-06-02 · in Building binary deb packages: a practical guide

It's been a long time since I've used it, but you may be interested in https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm if you haven't seen it before.

comment by johntash · 2020-05-14 · in Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

…some other way. For example since Docker I haven't even touched spec files or fpm ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm ).

comment by pas · 2019-06-06 · in The DevOps Phenomenon: An executive crash course

…And then a quality of life enhancement says push the package building off to FPM. https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm Personal Repo https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-...

comment by Riverheart · 2019-03-11 · in Winding down my Debian involvement

…[2] https://code.fb.com/data-infrastructure/xars-a-more-efficien... [3] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm [4] https://hynek.me/articles/python-app-deployment-with-native-...

comment by snidane · 2019-03-10 · in Goodbye Docker and Thanks for all the Fish

And to create those packages, I've found fpm[1] a joy to use. [1] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by makapuf · 2019-02-18 · in Deck-build – A powerful and tiny bash framework to build custom Docker images

…everyone would just have a build server that creates their binary once and then slams it through https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm . But there are more fundamental differences between OSes than how the insides of their packages look. The…

comment by derefr · 2018-10-10 · in Flatpak – a security nightmare

…no verification or validation. See malware in other user run repos like NPM, pip, AUR etc... 1. https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by deadbunny · 2018-08-20 · in Flatpak 1.0 Released, Ready for Prime Time

I am by no means expert, but fpm helps a lot. https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by hamilyon2 · 2018-02-19 · in What is Debian all about, really? Or: friction, packaging complex applications

…[2]: https://fman.io/blog/google-omaha-tutorial/ [3]: https://sparkle-project.org/ [4]: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm [5]: https://fman.io/blog/picking-technologies-for-a-desktop-app-...

comment by mherrmann · 2017-12-07 · in Qt 5.10 released

…if you ever want to upstream a package, there are guidelines that debian produce around this. [1] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by _joel · 2017-11-10 · in Electric Sheep on Ubuntu Linux 17.10

…golang-1.8.3 package with fpm (download and extract go1.8.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz first; get fpm from https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm ): #!/bin/bash DEBIAN_REVISION=1 fpm -s dir -t deb -n golang-go -v 1.8.3-$DEBIAN_REVISION…

comment by cure · 2017-06-18 · in Debian 9 Stretch released

I always use FPM https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by SteveNuts · 2017-06-18 · in Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)?

…If you want to build packages for multiple managers, fpm is a nice front-end for some of them: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by rzzzt · 2017-01-29 · in Ubuntu 16.04: “Out of memory” errors after upgrade to 4.4.0-59

…popular distros (Ubuntu, CentOS, Arch). There are some tools that make it much easier, i.e. fpm ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm ).

comment by vors · 2016-09-27 · in Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both iOS and Android

fpm - https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/wiki

comment by otterley · 2016-08-07 · in Managing Apt Repos in S3 Using Lambda

…have to have software that isn't packaged and you aren't familiar with packaging, look into FPM. https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by jsmeaton · 2016-07-19 · in Caddy 0.9 Released with All New Core

…packages are still going to seem a bit out of place unless you make distro specific changes. [1] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by jon-wood · 2016-05-20 · in Apex lets you build, deploy, and manage AWS Lambda functions with ease

…we make it easy to install something, while still being safe and maintainable? Have you seen FPM? ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm ) It provides a nice, simple(ish) abstraction over all the packaging craziness. > Are you crazy!? This…

comment by viraptor · 2016-04-20 · in Detecting the use of “curl – bash” server side

FPM pretty much solves this https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by yourabi · 2016-03-25 · in Show HN: Make Ubuntu/Debian packages for Nginx with your patches in one command

Or use FPM ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/wiki ) and abstract the whole packaging idea. linux and mac packages supported.

comment by viraptor · 2016-02-09 · in Diff So Fancy: make Git diffs look good

…your own servers. If you want to do that, you will be better off using Jordan Sissel's fpm tool: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm It can take any project and quickly package it into a .deb, .rpm, .whatever package.

comment by zimbatm · 2016-01-10 · in Debian Packaging Tutorial – Feedback Welcome

…your goal is not to get a package in Debian, but only to quickly make a deb file, check out fpm: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm .

comment by rahiel · 2016-01-10 · in Debian Packaging Tutorial – Feedback Welcome

…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_package_manager fpm - taken by Effing package management: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm bpm - beats per minute ayp - terrible to type, although taken by "Adequate Yearly Progress":…

comment by blubbi2 · 2015-11-15 · in Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node

…recommend FPM for creating packages (deb, rpm, osx .pkg, tar) from gems, python modules, and pears. https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by Cieplak · 2015-07-09 · in How We Deploy Python Code

…tasks - Python makes things possible and pleasant, that would be a pain in other languages. * [1] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm * [2] https://github.com/kevinconway/rpmvenv * [3] https://pex.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ * Another tool:…

comment by mtrn · 2015-06-25 · in Pip -t: A simple and transparent alternative to virtualenv in Python

…that used a Makefile to spin up a docker container which then built various packages via FPM: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm I didn't use the build system heavily and it may be more overhead than you'd like but I thought it was a…

comment by rickr · 2015-06-21 · in Asciinema

If you don't have experience with packaging, https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm is probably your best bet. And it is super easy to use.

comment by favadi · 2015-05-27 · in The State of Go

…[2] https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/chrissnell/memcached/ [3] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by chrissnell · 2015-04-22 · in The sad state of sysadmin in the age of containers

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fpm: package manager for building deb, rpm, pkg, and other packages

story by fosk · 2015-04-15 · 1 comment

fpm or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Linux Package Management https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by cowmix · 2015-03-23 · in How to build a Debian package

…as there is no promise that things will continue to work, or can be made to work, long term. [f] https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

comment by e12e · 2015-03-17 · in Gogs, an alternative to Gitlab

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Effing Package Management

story by tomaac · 2015-02-27 · 0 comments

I use FPM ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm ) for that and it works wonderfully. You can convert a tarball to RPM/deb pretty seamlessly most of the time.

comment by tpg · 2015-02-06 · in Show HN: Fast native RPM building from any distro, for any distro, via Docker