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Introduction to Debian Maintainer Script Flow Charts

Basics of debian package installation

One of the things that makes Debian such a top-notch distribution is its package system. While there is a vast quantity of software already in the Debian format, sometimes you need to install software that isn’t or you may be hoping to make your own packages for your project and your deployments. In addition, after considering generating a new debian package perhaps you think it is a very challenging task to complete. 😰

Yes, if you are a real novice on Linux, it is little bit hard, but if you know a little about Unix programming you are good to go. Whether there are good documentations for these tasks from debian, they are much difficult to understand and use for practice. Well, that why this article is about to give a short and clear understanding on debian maintainer script flow charts.

🤔 What is Debian Maintainer Script Flow Charts ?

Since this is a brief introduction, I choose to explain each of these maintainer script flow charts for you briefly. However, what are these flow charts? and why do we need to know about these for build debian packages.