How to create .deb packages on Mac OS X

I installed mac ports 1.7 through terminal as no package is available.

After that I installed Mac ports 1.9 through installer.

Then goto this path /opt/local/bin and run sudo port selfupdate

after that execute sudo port install dpkg

it will take some time and after that your dpkg is successfully configured.

Run this command sudo dpkg-deb -b MyProgram to make MyProgram.deb

Note MyProgram should contain DEBIAN folder and under that control file remove txt extention

Below is control file

Website: www.zeeshanullah.com
Maintainer: zeeshanullah <[email protected]>
Name: Snapture
Package: zeeshanullah
Section: zeeshanullah
Version: 2.x.x
Architecture: iphoneos-arm
Description: GPS joke.
Sponsor: zeeshanullah.com <zeeshanullah>

dont forget to place a new line at the end of control file otherwise you will get an error.

It's available on Homebrew:

brew install dpkg

If you don't have Homebrew installed, go to brew.sh. It's a simple one-liner to install.

Homebrew is less invasive, less complicated, and more popular than Macports or similar.