[Distutils] Buildout recipe for managing .deb packages?

[Jim Fulton]

On Apr 9, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Kent Tenney wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Kent Tenney wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> Is there a recommended way to manage Debian system
>>> packages with a buildout?
>>
>>
>> I can't imagine why you would want to. I probably don't know what  
>> you're
>> asking.
>
> to get an app to run or compile I do a bunch of
> sudo apt-get install xxxx
>
> This can involve tedious trial and error.
>
> Maybe I like the app, maybe I don't.
>
> If I like it, I want a convenient format in which to remember
> the required packages, automate their installation,
> provide convenience when building machines.
>
> If I don't like it, I'd like to remove the packages I installed.
>
> Buildout does this for eggs, and tarballs via cmmi, I want the
> same convenience for system packages.


That's a fascinating (and legitimate) goal. :)  I'm curious if any  
debian experts have other suggestions about how to achive it.

As Lennart mentioned, you'd need to create a recipe that installed  
(and uninstalled) the packages.

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation