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I want to upload the first version of my app to launchpad. Launchpad requires a source package of the app.

My app is written in C, it compiles with gcc and generates one binary. How can I create a source package for my app? (Ubuntu documentation on this matter is outdated unfortunately.)

td211
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    Does this answer your question? How do I create a PPA for a working program? – muru Sep 22 '21 at 03:28
  • What documentation is outdated??? I've uploaded packages via PPA & used the current documentation (very little has changed with regard packages for decade+ actually unless you're talking snaps which you aren't!) https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/Uploading is current for example as current releases use the Ubuntu 9.10 and later, ie. dput – guiverc Sep 22 '21 at 04:01
  • I mean the ubuntu documentation is kinda outdated. For example bzr dh-make is no longer working. @guiverc – td211 Sep 22 '21 at 04:18
  • If you provide URLs to the documentation that you believe needs to be corrected, we may be able to update it; otherwise raise a ticket on the page and it'll get corrected (dh_make is a package & is it's own command; not part of bazaar) – guiverc Sep 22 '21 at 04:41
  • @guiverc This one needs updating: https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html – td211 Sep 22 '21 at 04:56
  • I don't think that's an update issue; but a regular error/typo, and needs a ticket to fix – guiverc Sep 22 '21 at 04:59
  • Reported here - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-packaging-guide/+bug/1944501 (feel free to leave comment; amend or click "affects me to" as appropriate) – guiverc Sep 22 '21 at 05:19
  • @guiverc So, what is the alternative to this erroneous command? dh_make without the bzr start? – td211 Sep 22 '21 at 05:23
  • Sorry I can't help there; maybe helpful - https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-2249679.html – guiverc Sep 22 '21 at 05:36

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