notes:
	packages I needed to install to make my .deb: fakeroot
	packaging scripts don't work without my pubkey/privkey pair
	unlesI add -uc and -us like this:
	 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us

Notes:

  * this is EXPERIMENTAL! I'm working my way thru the Debian packaging docs, after 
    a couple of false starts, it seems pretty straightforward. But I might goof   
    at any time.
  * so is the RubyRDF library. 

Debian rubyrdf-ruby package: installation howto

  1.  add my package repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

	deb http://www.w3.org/2001/12/rubyrdf/debian/packager/ ./ 

  2.  run 'apt-get update'

  3.  You should now be able to install the RubyRDF library with:

	apt-get install rubyrdf-ruby
 
        dependency aside: It 'needs ruby' to run. Hopefully that's expressed
	adequately in the packging info, though possiblity exists that I have mixups
	between ruby/libruby/ruby-dev. in progress.

  4. Testing
     (I broke this)

   5. Clean up aftwards:
	
     apt-get remove rubyrdf-ruby


TODO

   * integrate this gunk into a cleaned up ruby-rdf filetree
   * remember which of the ruby test frameworks is the one I'm supposed to use, 
     merge all the misc test files into a proper framework.
   * find out which Ruby packages I use are also packaged for Debian (SOAP, XSLT etc)
   * generate the Debian config files from metadata
   * figure out how this relates to RAA(-NG), RDoc etc
   * read up on RPMs, Fink etc 
   * document partial dependencies on postgres, soap, xslt, redland etc.

Nearby:

   * http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/packaging/index.php

-- danbri@w3.org

In addition to Debian packages, here's how to use Fink to install
under MacOS X:

*** out of date ***

Method 1:

Using the .info file (try 'curl -O' if haven't got wget URL grabbing tool)

 * cd /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/
 * sudo wget http://fireball.danbri.org/people/danbri/2002/06/debian/rubyrdf-ruby_0.9-1.info
 * fink install rubyrdf-ruby  


Method 2:

Not managed to get this working yet...

 * add repository to /sw/etc/apt/sources.list
 * apt-get rubyrdf-ruby

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danbri@w3.org