packaging

README.md

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 ## Installation
 
-### Requirements
+### Build Your Own
+
+#### Requirements
 
 - **Rust**: Make sure Rust and Cargo are installed. Follow [this guide](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) to set them up.
 
-### Build
+#### Build
 
 Git clone the project (also in /tmp) and then build it:
 ```bash
@@ -96,6 +98,24 @@ If you want to use it everywhere, you can move the binary to `/usr/local/bin`:
 sudo mv target/release/batteries /usr/local/bin/
 ```
 
+### Deb package
+Get the latest deb package from the [releases page](https://github.com/raikoug/batteries/releases)
+```bash
+sudo dpkg -i batteries_0.1.0_amd64.deb
+```
+For dependencies, you may need to run:
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install -f
+```
+
+### Make your own deb package
+Build the solution following the Build section and then run:
+```bash
+# always inside batteries base folder
+chmod +x ./packaging/make_deb.sh
+./packaging/make_deb.sh
+```
+
 ## Configuration
 
 The configuration file is located at `/etc/batteries/configs.toml`. You can create this file manually (like explained in the Build section) or let the app generate it on the first run.

packaging/DEBIAN/control

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+Package: batteries
+Version: 0.1.0
+Section: utils
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdbus-1-3
+Maintainer: Riccardo Bella <riccardobella@gmail.com>
+Description: A CLI tool to monitor battery status
+ A Rust-based CLI tool for monitoring the battery status of connected devices.
+

packaging/DEBIAN/postinst

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+if [ ! -f /etc/batteries/configs.toml ]; then
+    echo "Creating default configuration file at /etc/batteries/configs.toml"
+    touch /etc/batteries/configs.toml
+    chmod 644 /etc/batteries/configs.toml
+fi
+exit 0
+

packaging/make_deb.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "Building the project..."
+cargo build --release
+
+echo "Preparing the package structure..."
+mkdir -p packaging/usr/bin
+mkdir -p target/deb
+cp target/release/batteries packaging/usr/bin/
+chmod 755 packaging/usr/bin/batteries
+
+echo "Building the .deb package..."
+dpkg-deb --build packaging target/deb/batteries_0.1.0_amd64.deb
+echo "Package created: target/deb/batteries_0.1.0_amd64.deb"
+