https://toorun.dev/tags/packaging/Recent content in packaging on toorun.devHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 23 Jul 2026 10:15:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/guix-and-nix-packages-explained-build-reproducible-systems/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:15:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/guix-and-nix-packages-explained-build-reproducible-systems/Guix and Nix Packages (Short Practical Guide) If you want reproducible environments and safer upgrades, Guix and Nix are two of the strongest options. Nix: package manager and ecosystem around /nix/store, including NixOS. Guix: functional package manager with Guile Scheme, including GNU Guix System (historically called GuixSD). Why engineers like them Reproducible builds: same input gives same output. Rollback support: easy return to previous generations. Isolated dependencies: avoid “works on my machine” conflicts.https://toorun.dev/posts/create-rpm-package-hello-world-fedora/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/create-rpm-package-hello-world-fedora/Create a Fedora RPM Package (Hello World) This is the Fedora/RPM equivalent of a minimal Debian package tutorial. You will build a real .rpm that installs one script. 1) Install RPM build tools sudo dnf install -y rpm-build rpmdevtools rpmdev-setuptree This creates ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}. 2) Create the app source mkdir -p ~/hello-rpm-1.0.0 cat > ~/hello-rpm-1.0.0/hello-rpm << 'EOF' #!/bin/sh echo "Hello from my Fedora RPM package" EOF chmod 755 ~/hello-rpm-1.0.0/hello-rpm Create source tarball:https://toorun.dev/posts/create-deb-package-hello-world/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/create-deb-package-hello-world/Create a Debian (.deb) Package (Hello World) This is a minimal, real example you can use immediately. We will package one shell script into a .deb and install it with dpkg. 1) Create package folder layout mkdir -p hello-deb_1.0.0/{DEBIAN,usr/local/bin} 2) Add the Hello World script Create hello-deb_1.0.0/usr/local/bin/hello-deb: #!/bin/sh echo "Hello from my .deb package" Make it executable: chmod 755 hello-deb_1.0.0/usr/local/bin/hello-deb 3) Add package metadata (control file) Create hello-deb_1.0.0/DEBIAN/control: Package: hello-deb Version: 1.