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| Maemo packaging is generally similar to Debian packaging, with a few small differences, this article aims to illustrate some of those differences and aggregate the various resources on Maemo packaging.
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| == Packaging policy ==
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| Most of the specifics for Maemo packaging are outlined in the [http://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf Maemo packaging policy]. The policy is still in the draft stage, though, so certain parts are still incomplete or not entirely up to date.
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| == Sections ==
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| This is the list used in Fremantle/Maemo5 and is the same as the [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2008-October/035437.html final] list for Diablo as [[Task:Package_categories|discussed in the task]].
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! Key
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| ! Example English i18n
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| ! Example apps
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| | user/desktop
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| | Desktop
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| | Home, statusbar and taskbar applets
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| |-
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| | user/development
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| | Programming
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| | py2deb
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| |-
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| | user/education
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| | Education
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| | Flashcard apps
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| |-
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| | user/games
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| | Games
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| | Doom, Duke Nukem 3D
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| |-
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| | user/graphics
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| | Graphics
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| | Photo apps, GIMP, Inkscape, fonts
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| |-
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| | user/multimedia
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| | Multimedia ''or'' Sound & Video
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| | Canola, mplayer, Kagu, UKMP, MediaBox
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| |-
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| | user/navigation
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| | (Location &) Navigation
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| | maemo-mapper, Navit
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| |-
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| | user/network
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| | Internet & Networking
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| | Web browsers, Samba clients, OpenAFS, Transmission
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| |-
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| | user/office
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| | Office
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| | GPE, Claws, AbiWord
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| |-
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| | user/science
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| | Science
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| | gnuplot, Octave
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| |-
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| | user/system
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| | System
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| | rotation-support, enhanced kernels, themes
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| |-
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| | user/utilities
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| | Utilities ''or'' Accessories
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| | Calculators, terminals, text editors
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| |-
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| |}
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| If the package's section starts "user/", but is not any of the above, the ''Application Manager'' forces them into an "Other" section.
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| == Maemo-specific fields ==
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| There are a number of Maemo-specific package fields that are handled by Application manager. The Application manager documentation [http://hildon-app-mgr.garage.maemo.org/packaging-stable.html outlines] them.
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| == Displaying an icon in the Application Manager next to your package ==
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| Displaying an icon in the Application Manager next to your package makes it look pretty and makes your package stand out, and it is not that hard to do.
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| # Make an image that is '''48x48'''. The image can be saved in any format that is supported by GdkPixbufLoader on Maemo, but PNG is commonly used and suffices fine.
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| # base64 encode the image. This can be done in many ways, depending on the platform, but I'll assume you are in scratchbox.
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| <pre>
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| apt-get update
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| apt-get install sharutils
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| uuencode -m <name of 48x48 image> <name of 48x48 image> > <name of 48x48 image>.base64
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| </pre>
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| # Add the field ''XB-Maemo-Icon-26'' to your debian/control (in Maemo4 the size of the icons was 26x26, hence the name of the field, '''which has not changed''')
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| # Open the base64 version of your image and copy from the line under ''begin-base64 644 <name of 48x48 image>'' to the line above the ''===''
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| # Add this to the ''XB-Maemo-Icon-26'' field. | |
| # Add a space in front of every line of the encoded icon.
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| Here is an example of a properly formatted Maemo-Icon-26: (of wrong image size)
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| <pre>
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| Description: Chess...
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| XB-Maemo-Icon-26:
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| iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABoAAAAaCAYAAACpSkzOAAAABGdBTUEAAK/INwWK6QAAABl0
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| RVh0U29mdHdhcmUAQWRvYmUgSW1hZ2VSZWFkeXHJZTwAAALxSURBVHja3FZNTBNREP669J/S
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| XYxtKRWl1JOSFBIPhkitCQeNiaKBmzdj9Ggk0ZOBxHDWixcTjV6MF+WiIB40YEyMBMGYEqQK
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| tLS2lG7pdre0pF3WtxslgJRuD2J0kpfdTN7O976Z782sRpIk7IZR2C2TGW1cv8xaY5WuXLy8
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| iW5XV5fk8/kkr9e7ya/T6SSNRiOViikvbbmDDD590SusZBGYDiDwJbDud7vdvYIgIJfLYXV1
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| zjRbNxCZrr+3t7XTzjrnvMfdxMi7xj6OIRaPIbWcQjabVdRWKBTkrX4SZ2SjvCtKXf+tkxxD
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| M5MetwfHj/lwwueHy+WCVqvdehdHKq7R6JvbpfNMAGiGhs1mg9ls3sS+4hodbDqCwef9mA9P
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| wIHnl5FJx2E1WlUFuXrzIS713KusRplMCoLAgl2O4N34ODQ4VRaot6cbUzMRNNQ/w/uJWXWM
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| eH5JARkYHsLQMIe1NZEpB7Sn1uKFhkL3maO4cL5NHVAo+hkPnrzEq2HqQIf/3ICzvr7FXmeH
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| 3qBXlslkgtFoVBS3YfbcKRRFfJpagE6vUwd0//FbjI7mkcvnGoNfg51ORx3sNju+hWYxMxsk
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| </pre>
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