Top "Packaging" questions

Packaging is a configuration management process involved with capturing the knowledge needed to install or uninstall software on a target system.

How to know the value of built-in macro in RPM?

How do I view the value of these macros in RPM? I can take a guess that %_bindir is /usr/…

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Can I call class files that are within a jar library located in another jar file?

I am trying to access the class files packaged as a library but unfortunately the jar libraries should be packaged …

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What are the differences between Maven Jar Plugin and Maven Assembly Plugin?

Could somebody explain me the exactly differences between these two Maven plugins and when it is useful to work with …

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How to properly define package_data in setup.py?

I can't properly install the project package_fiddler to my virtual environment. I have figured out that MANIFEST.in is …

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package.init is not getting installed

I have a project.init file in the debian directory (along with rules, control, etc), and I have dh_installinit …

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Gradle: Could not find method provided()

Which is preferred, provided or provided group and where is this documented? thufir@doge:~/NetBeansProjects/gradleEAR$ thufir@doge:~/NetBeansProjects/gradleEAR$ …

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What is "where" argument for in setuptools.find_packages?

working on a python project, I tried to separate source code and unit tests; here is the project structure: MyProject/ …

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Parse versionCode from android apk files

I know .apk files are .zip files, but AndroidManifest.xml looks binary and certainly grep or hex editors haven't been …

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How to package opencv +java in a jar

I've been using Opencv 2.4.5 with Java for a while building an application and would now like to distribute the app. …

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Netbeans: Creating custom build target to let sources be packaged to JAR...?

I ask the question more specific: Using Netbeans, is there a possibility to create an additional custom build target, which …

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