Just a script for generating deb packages Like a Boss :-)

create_dpkg.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script for generating deb packages Like a Boss
# Developed by Lucas Vieira <lucas at heap dot com dot br>

# Exit with error when things go bad

if [ $# -ne 1 ] || [ ! -e "$1/DEBIAN/control" ]; then
  echo "Bad argumentation. Try ./create_pkg [package_dir]"
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! $(which dpkg) ] && [ ! -x $DPKG ]; then
  "Couldn't find dpkg. Please, export DPKG=[dpkg_path] && ./create_pkg [package_dir]"
  exit 2
fi

# Variables

[ $DPKG ] || DPKG=`which dpkg`
PACK=`grep Package: $1/DEBIAN/control | cut -d' ' -f2`
VERSION=`grep Version: $1/DEBIAN/control | cut -d' ' -f2`
ARCH=`grep Architecture: $1/DEBIAN/control | cut -d' ' -f2`

# The real thing

PACK_NAME=$PACK-$VERSION

[ $ARCH ] && PACK_NAME=$PACK_NAME"_"$ARCH

$DPKG --build $1 $PACK_NAME.deb

exit 0