[maemo-developers] Do I really need ScratchBox?

[From: Tim Wegener]

Hi Tony,

On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 16:58 -0400, Tony Maro wrote:
> I just want to make a package of a Python application I wrote.
> 
> Do I really need scratchbox?  It seems overkill to install all that
> cross-compile stuff when everything I write is in Python and doesn't
> need compiled. 

Provided your project is pure Python (i.e. no compiled C modules) you
don't need scratchbox, but it might be helpful for ensuring dependencies
are correct and such. 

> If not, is there a tutorial for making a Python app into a .deb
> package?

If you are using Debian or Ubuntu, there is probably a cleaner approach,
but I use Fedora, so I just rolled my own method using the command
line. 

See my blog post on the subject for instructions:
http://madabar.com/techblog/2007/08/12/how-to-create-a-deb-package-for-maemo-without-scratchbox/

Tim
http://madabar.com