[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] IT2006 library installation

[From: Tomas Frydrych]

Steven Hill wrote:
> Is there a way to write a .deb package that the Application Installer in
> IT2006 will understand that only installs a library?  Because the only
> way to install missing libraries into the filesystem is to install
> xterm, become root somehow (like use "becomeroot") and use "apt-get
> install"  Most general users won't want to do this.

You make a standard package for the library ('standard' as regular
debian package, not one using the user/something section declaration)
and you declare it as a dependency in the main, user-installable
application package (in the control file). You then put that package
into your repository alongside your application package; it will not
show in the installer, but the installer will automatically pull it when
installing the application.

Tomas