[darkMatt3r]

Hey all, darkMatt3r here. I have heard of all the the commotion involving creating repos and decided that there should be a guide here so our members can find it easily. All credits go to itouchr over at modmyi.


What You Need:

-Mac or [COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important]Virtual [COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important]Machine[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] with Debian installed
-Fink (If your on a Mac) Get it here
-Internet
-Text Editor

OK here we go!

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1. Make a folder on the desktop called "MyProgram" without quotes.
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2. Make 2 folders inside MyProgram called "[COLOR=#ff7f00][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important]Applications[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]" and "[COLOR=#ff7f00][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important]DEBIAN[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]" without quotes. If you have an app, you make an "Applications" folder. If you have a wallpaper, you would instead of an "[COLOR=#ff7f00][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important]Applications[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]" folder, you'd put the directory of where the wallpaper would go.

EX: For [COLOR=#ff7f00][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important]Wallpaper[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]: MyProgram > Library > Wallpapers > Wallpaper goes here

For app: MyProgram > Applications > App goes here
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3. Put your .app file into the "Applications" folder. Remember, if your something like a wallpaper, put it in MyProgram > Library >Wallpapers > Wallpaper goes here
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4. Now go into Spotlight, the magnifying glass in the top right corner of the screen and search "textedit" without quotes.
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5. Now copy and paste the code below into TextEdit.

[COLOR=#ff7f00][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important]Website[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]: http://www.yoursite.com/home.html
Maintainer: You
Name: Name of package
Package: Bundle identifier
Section: Section it could be found in
Version: version of package
Architecture: iphoneos-arm
Description: Description of package
Sponsor: You

6. After you edit, it should look somewhat like this:
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7. Hit "Save As..." and save it as "control" without quotes and uncheck "If no extension is provided, use .txt"
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8. Now put the control file in MyProgram > DEBIAN
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9. Now Launch Terminal by going to Spotlight and search Terminal. When you open it, it should look like this:
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10. In Terminal, type "cd /Users/your username/[COLOR=#ff7f00][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important][COLOR=#FF7F00 ! important]Desktop[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] and hit enter shown here:
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11. OK, copy and paste this code into Terminal: dpkg-deb -b MyProgram and hit enter.
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As you can see, it says there are warnings. That's OK! When you typed that command, it made a new file called MyProgram.deb It's that easy to make a DEB file!
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12. Now let's make our repo's info. Copy and paste the code below.

Origin: Name of your repo
Label: Header when the user taps your repo
Suite: stable
Version: 1.0
Codename: stable
Architectures: darwin-arm
Components: main
Description: Description of your repo

13. When you're done editing it, it should look like this:
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It does say control at the top because I just deleted the text from the control file. DON'T DO THAT!

14. Click File > Save As... and save it as "Release" without quotes. And make sure there is not extension!
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15. Make a new folder on the Desktop and name it "cydiarepo" without quotes.
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16. Inside "cydiarepo" make a folder called "debs" without quotes.
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17. Now go back into Terminal and type this command: dpkg-scanpackages -m . /dev/null -->Packages

Then hit enter.
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Notice it created a "Packages" file on your Desktop.
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18. Now go back to Terminal and type this command: gzip -f Packages

Then hit enter.
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Notice that it gzipped the Packages file and made a new file called Packages.gz
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19. Double click Packages.gz and it will extract the Packages file. When it's done, dragthe Release file, Packages, and Packages.gz into the cydiarepo folder.
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20. Now drag the MyProgram.deb file into the "debs" folder in cydiarepo.
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Rename the DEB file to whatever you want. EX: Snapture.deb

21. Go to back one, and highlight everything. Then, right click and click Compress 4 Items.
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Then click Compress 4 items...
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It will make a file called "Archive.zip"
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22. Make a folder on your site that will be the main directory of where we upload the files. Then upload the zip to that folder. I named my folder cydiademo.
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Then extract...
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23. If it makes a folder called __MACOSX, just delete that. Also delete Archive.zip.
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24. Open up the Packages file and copy and paste the text below:

MD5Sum: Put the MD5 hash here (to find this out, go to http://hashemall.com and select MD5)
Maintainer: Who maintains the package
Description: Description of package
Package: Bundle Identifier
Section: Section it shows up in
Author: Who made the app
Filename: directory where the deb can be found
Version: Version of Package
Architecture: iphoneos-arm
Size: Unix Size (Right click on deb and click get info, and view size on disk. input the numbers ONLY, not the commas.)
Homepage: URL for More Info
Name: Name of package

When done, it should look like this:
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25. Now copy and paste what you put in the Packages file into the Packages file on your desktop. Then save it.
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26. Each time you modify the Packages file, you have to make a new .gz file. Type the command in Terminal: gzip -f Packages
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27. In your repo folder on your site, delete Packages.gz and upload the new one. I'm not going to show a pic this time.

I think that's it! Oh yah! One more thing! Whenever you upload a new DEB, you have to change the Packages and Packages.gz files so they're up to date. Each time you cahne the Packages file, you skip a line, then copy the info you posted in there already.

It'll look like this:
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Thanks.
~darkMatt3r

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[Cre4tiVe]

Nice guide, I just really can't be bothered doing all of it… Lazzzzyyy -.-

[sonpham1102]

Thank a lot!
Very happy when know this topic!

[thoams]

:hooray::hooray:

sonpham1102 said:

Thank a lot!
Very happy when know this topic!

[osx86]

Thanks again for this very useful Mac tut

[AdvancedNoob]

how do u make the repo prep package?

[waste str]

wow thanks for the post because i have a mac!

[volta]

I need some help, i have created the .deb file and uploaded the package.gz to the host, and when i try to install the app, i can get it installed, but when i try to run it, it only shows the startscreen, what am i missing ?

[metaljay]

cheers for the guide, 2 complicated for me lol

[Heartbreaker]

Do u have instruction to do this on a windows 7 pc?

[Cre4tiVe]

Heartbreaker said:

Do u have instruction to do this on a windows 7 pc?

Hey,

Looks like you missed it in the Guides section, was at the bottom;

http://xsellize.com/...y-%5BWindows%5D

Might be Winh0z XP but it's still the same.

Regards,

[Heartbreaker]

Cre4tiVe said:

Hey,

Looks like you missed it in the Guides section, was at the bottom;

http://xsellize.com/...y-%5BWindows%5D

Might be Winh0z XP but it's still the same.

Regards,

No I didn't miss it. I saw that guide but seems pointless as for most of the guide u need Linux, which i don't have.

[philipussy]

repo was set up properly ,but when tried to run installed software, it would run for a second and then closed back.
Have i missed something here?

[AdvancedNoob]

runs really well, how do i password protect it?

[Banned]

I keep getting Hash Sum mismatch when trying to install, any help would be appreciated.

ignore my post problem solved.

This post has been edited by mrhitchens: 27 February 2010 - 12:59 PM

[Tctz]

this is soooo cool,, i have to give it a try !!! nice i gotz a mac :)

[lehua011]

I keep getting Hash Sum mismatch when trying to install, any help would be appreciated.

ignore my post problem solved.

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[Paddy.Melon]

Very helpful! Can I assume this is the same for linux?

[Julioarmando]

how i can have xsellice repo

[Paddy.Melon]

^^ umm... U mean how, now or...