#!/bin/bash # Define a function that sends messages to stderr. errcho() { echo "$@" 1>&2; } # Check if fakeroot command is available if ! command -v fakeroot > /dev/null 2>&1; then errcho "[ERROR] fakeroot command not found. Install the fakeroot package."; exit 1 fi # Check if dpkg-deb command is available if ! command -v dpkg-deb > /dev/null 2>&1; then errcho "[ERROR] dpkg-deb command not found. dpkg package contains it. Are you not running this script on a Debian based system?"; exit 1 fi # Get the directory of this script DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )" # Remove the deb files found inside DIR. Prompt the user before deleting. if ls $DIR/*.deb 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then rm -i $DIR/*.deb fi # Build the deb package fakeroot dpkg-deb --build $DIR/package $DIR