Looking to Learn

[blaten22]

I am looking for advice on how to start building packages.  Just something to start out small and work my way up accordingly.  I am really green at this, so any recommended websites/advice/teaching/bacon offerings are needed, please am all ears!  I plan on doing A LOT of googling when I get home from the in-laws this evening, along with looking threw the sticky I saw in another topic post. 

Thanks in Advance.

Joey.

PS If this is in the wrong spot, Im sorry.  Thought this would be the best spot for the topic.

[daniel]

At first step, you should read this side
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,57085.msg457600.html#msg457600
the second post is really important
You will found a link to a pdf file, i was start it, too
Good luck

[MBantz]

Welcome to the packagers section blaten22, good to have you here :-)

I can recommend to start with setting up a build environment in a virtual machine. I use VMWare and follow the sticky post here on how to set it up (the sticky post is quite outdated, but give you the directions).

I setup a mini pclinuxos iso in a VMWare (40GB in size total) and zip it when it is setup for building, then when it is filled up with all sorts of packages and testing stuff I just delete it and unzip the 'clean' VMWare.

I have tried to update and maintain all sorts of building features as right-click in the filemanager Thunar, so I can recommend to start out with this (pkgutils-thunar package installable from Synaptic),

and remember to just ask away here :-)

cheers,
MBantz