Packaging with FPM

If you ever tried to package a simple application with the native rpmbuild, you may know, what a pain it could be.
Writing of a spec file, understand the errors and the different build-stages. Automation and deployment can be simple and without additional overhead.

This way will work like s charm from the first try :-)

# Debian way
apt-get install ruby-dev
# or the SUSE way
zypper in ruby-devel
sudo gem install fpm

Basic Syntax:

fpm.ruby2.5 -s source_type -t target_type -n package_name -v version_number source_name_or_location

RPM run:

fpm.ruby2.5 -s dir -t rpm -n sync-brain -v 0.0.1 -C sync-brain-0.1-1.x86_64

Deb run:

fpm.ruby2.5 -s dir -t deb -n sync-brain -v 0.0.1 -C sync-brain-0.1-1.x86_64

Add description to the package:

--description "sync-brain logic"

Script that should be run at the appropriate time:

--after-install
--before-install
--after-remove
--before-remove

Structure of the source directory:

vagrant-openSUSE-Leap:~ # tree sync-brain-0.1-1.x86_64/
sync-brain-0.1-1.x86_64/
└── opt
    └── sync-brain.sh

You see, it’s a simple directory which can contain a simple script or a functional application.
Now its your turn, try it out and be successful with your projects.