GitHub Action to build Debian packages

This is a GitHub Action that will build a Debian package (.deb file) for various Debian or Ubuntu versions.

Usage

on: [push]

jobs:
  build-deb:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - uses: legoktm/gh-action-build-deb@debian-buster
        id: build-debian-buster
        with:
          args: --nosign

      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
        with:
          name: Packages for buster
          path: output

This Action will build both a source package and then a binary package and place them in a output/ directory.

Each Debian/Ubuntu version to build for has its own branch. The following are currently supported:

• debian-buster aka Debian 10

• debian-bullseye aka Debian 11

• debian-bookworm aka Debian 12

• debian-trixie aka Debian 13

• debian-unstable aka Debian Sid

• ubuntu-bionic aka Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

• ubuntu-eoan aka Ubuntu 19.10

• ubuntu-focal aka Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

• ubuntu-groovy aka Ubuntu 20.10

• ubuntu-hirsute aka Ubuntu 21.04

• ubuntu-impish aka Ubuntu 21.10

• ubuntu-jammy aka Ubuntu 22.04

• ubuntu-kinetic

• ubuntu-lunar

• ubuntu-mantic

• ubuntu-noble

Configuration

• args: arguments to pass to dpkg-buildpackage
• sources: repositories to add to /etc/apt/sources.list
• ppa: Name of Ubuntu PPA to add (no ppa: prefix)

Related actions

• gh-action-auto-dch automatically adds a changelog entry based on the git information and distro.
• gh-action-dput uploads built packages to a PPA or repository.

Multiple OS versions

A multi-OS version package building matrix might look like:

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  build-deb:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        distro: [ubuntu-focal, ubuntu-eoan, ubuntu-bionic, debian-buster]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - uses: legoktm/gh-action-build-deb@ubuntu-focal
        if: matrix.distro == 'ubuntu-focal'
        name: Build package for ubuntu-focal
        id: build-ubuntu-focal
        with:
          args: --no-sign

      - uses: legoktm/gh-action-build-deb@ubuntu-eoan
        if: matrix.distro == 'ubuntu-eoan'
        name: Build package for ubuntu-eoan
        id: build-ubuntu-eoan
        with:
          args: --no-sign

      - uses: legoktm/gh-action-build-deb@ubuntu-bionic
        if: matrix.distro == 'ubuntu-bionic'
        name: Build package for ubuntu-bionic
        id: build-ubuntu-bionic
        with:
          args: --no-sign

      - uses: legoktm/gh-action-build-deb@debian-buster
        if: matrix.distro == 'debian-buster'
        name: Build package for debian-buster
        id: build-debian-buster
        with:
          args: --no-sign

      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: Packages for ${{ matrix.distro }}
          path: output

License

Copyright © 2020 Kunal Mehta under the GPL, version 3 or any later version. Originally based off of the nylas/gh-action-build-deb-buster action, which is Copyright © 2020 David Baumgold under the MIT License.