Builds a Debian package for the amd64 architecture in a chroot environment. Maintainers usually do not build packages on their host machines, but do it in chroots. The deb-builder.sh script is a wrapper around pbuilder, pdebuild and debootstrap (excellent tools that automate the package building process and chroot creation). deb-builder.sh combines these tools into one. After the package is successfully built, the script proceeds to run various tools to verify and ensure the quality of the package. These checks help maintainers ensure that the package is compliant with Debian standards and is free from common issues before it is uploaded to the repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/iikrllx/chroot-deb-builder.git
$ cd chroot-deb-builder
$ sudo ./install-uninstall.sh install

Bootstrap Debian Bookworm:

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --mirror bookworm

Bootstrap a chroot from ISO file:

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --iso <suite> /path/to/my/iso

Example of building a Debian package:

$ mkdir -p ~/sources/coreutils
$ cd ~/sources/coreutils
$ apt-get source coreutils
$ cd coreutils-9.1

Usage description:

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --help

Default package build without tests (nocheck):

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --build /var/cache/pbuilder/bookworm-chroot.tgz

Default package build with tests:

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --build with-tests /var/cache/pbuilder/bookworm-chroot.tgz

Package build with including debug symbols:

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --build-debug /var/cache/pbuilder/bookworm-chroot.tgz

Default package build with Debian checks (lintian, blhc, duck, etc.):

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --build-with-checks /var/cache/pbuilder/bookworm-chroot.tgz

The packages will be in: /var/cache/pbuilder/result
The last actual build: /var/cache/pbuilder/result/last
The penultimate build: /var/cache/pbuilder/result/prelast

Go to chroot:

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --login /var/cache/pbuilder/bookworm-chroot.tgz

Go to chroot with the save mode:

$ sudo deb-builder.sh --login-save /var/cache/pbuilder/bookworm-chroot.tgz

Execute Debian checks within the chroot:

$ cd sources/<pbuilder-last-build>
$ sudo deb-checks.sh

If you don't need these scripts, remove them as follows:

$ ./install-uninstall.sh uninstall