Creating Control Files

After you are done with the package structure, you need to create three control files in the DEBIAN directory.

In this section:

control

The DEB control file contains data required for building the package. Below is a sample of control file you should save to the DEBIAN directory and edit if needed.

Package: my_skin

Version: 1.0.0-1

Section: non-free/web

Priority: extra

Depends: psa (>= 8.1.0)

Architecture: all

Maintainer: yourmail@domain.tld

Provides: plesk-skin

Description: Skin for Plesk

This is skin for Plesk

In this sample file:

Package: the skin package name
Version: is the version number of the skin
Section: is a general field that gives the package a category based on the software that it installs
Priority: sets the importance of this package in relation to the system as a whole
Architecture: specifies which type of hardware this package was compiled for
Maintainer: this field should be your full name (or company name) and an e-mail address contained within angle brackets
Provides: is a list of virtual packages that this one provides
Description: starts with a short brief summary on the first line, and can be extended providing more detailed description. Each line of the long description must be preceded by a space, and blank lines in the long desription must contain a single '.' following the preceding space.

postinst

This file is executable script which is automatically run after a package is installed. The postinst file is a part of the "control" section of a Debian archive file.

Note: This file should be executable.

You can use the following sample of postinst script:

#!/bin/bash

set -e

case "$1" in

configure)

/opt/psa/admin/bin/skinmng --register --installdir=my_skin --name='My Skin'

;;

abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)

echo "$1"

;;

*)

echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`\$1'" >&2

exit 0

;;

esac

Note: The --installdir parameter should be equal to the name of directory, where all skin files locate. For info on directory structure, refer to the Creating Package Structure section.

postrm

This file is executable script which is automatically run after a package is removed. The postrm file is a part of the "control" section of a Debian archive file.

Note: This file should be executable.

You can use the following sample of postrm script:

#!/bin/bash

set -e

case "$1" in

remove)

echo "!Remove"

/opt/psa/admin/bin/skinmng --remove --installdir=my_skin

;;

echo $1

;;

echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`\$1'" >&2

exit 0

;;

esac

Note: The --installdir parameter should be equal to the name of directory, where all skin files locate. For info on directory structure, refer to the Creating Package Structure section.