Debian – How to include data files (pictures, text files, …) in a debian package

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I followed a tutorial to make a package application, but it only deals with the source; there's absolutely no other file types mentioned.

How do I include data files so that I can access them from my application in a package? For example, in the makefile, there's a $(DESTDIR) option, but I would never move the data files in $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin — at least I think I'm not supposed to!

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If you are including binary data (pictures) you will want to create a version 3.0 package.

You put the additional files inside the debian/ directory and either move them from the debian/rules script using install -D -m 644 debian/filename $(DESTDIR)/path/to/install/to or using the debian/install file to list the file and the path to install it to like debian/filename path/to/install/to.

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SOLVED!

Simple as that: /root/.bashrc had this inside:

 export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=always'

Changed it to:

 export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=never'

...and restarted the root shell (of course; do not omit this step). Everything started working again. Both NVIDIA and VirtualBox kernel modules built from the first try. I am so happy! :-)

Then again though, I am slighly disappointed by the kernel build tools. They should know better and pass --color=never everywhere they use grep; or rather, store the old value of GREP_OPTIONS, override it for the lifetime of the building process, then restore it.

I am hopeful that my epic one-week battle with this problem will prove valuable both to the community and the kernel build tools developers.

A very warm thanks to the people who were with me and tried to help.

(All credits go here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4156366.html#4156366)

Debian – Where should example files for a package go

Examples should go in /usr/share/doc/${package}/examples. This is documented in Policy section 12.6, and you'll find such examples on most Debian-derived systems.

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