[simspark-devel] rcssserver3d DEB packages

[Joschka B. <jos...@am...>]

Dear all,

I have created two DEB packages for the current release of  
rcssserver3D. One was built on Ubuntu 7.10, the other one on Ubuntu  
7.04. They are available at:

http://jeap-res.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/~joschka/simspark/rcssserver3d_0.5.7-0ubuntu1_i386_gutsy.deb

for 7.10, and

http://jeap-res.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/~joschka/simspark/rcssserver3d_0.5.7-0ubuntu1_i386_feisty.deb

for 7.04, respectively.

A convenient way to install the packages in Ubuntu is using the  
package installer (just double-click on the package icon). It should  
automatically recognize the dependencies and download and install the  
missing ones if possible. The package for 7.10 should work out of the  
box, but to use the one for 7.04, you'll need to update your wxGTK  
installation first. You can do this as follows:

Please add:

   deb http://apt.tt-solutions.com/ubuntu/ feisty main


to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the public key used for  
signing wxWidgets packages to the list of keys trusted by apt using  
the command:

   curl http://www.tt-solutions.com/vz/key.asc | sudo apt-key add -


(do sudo apt-get install curl if it's missing on your system)

After that, please update the wxGTK related packages, e.g. using the  
Synaptic package manager.

Once you have installed the rcssserver3d package, you should be able  
to start applications like simspark, rsgedit, agentspark, etc. from  
the command line.

I haven't made any tests on other Debian systems, but my hope is that  
the packages will work also on other (fairly recent) distributions.  
Please note that I'm very new to the packaging business, and I might  
have made mistakes, so please bear with me and give feedback about  
what works and what doesn't. With your help, I can improve these  
packages over time (I'm thinking about writing a post in the Wiki to  
describe the process so that more people can help). Once I get my head  
around how to set up the dependencies in a less strict fashion, we  
might be able to have just one package that works for different  
distributions and versions :-)

Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

Cheers,
Joschka