An boilerplate to projects of debian package (.deb)

deb-boilerplate.sh

#!/bin/bash

GithubId="ailtonbsj"
Email="[email protected]"
AppDomain="com.github.ailtonbsj"
AppName="sample"
AppNameEn="Sample"
AppNameBr="Exemplo"
Comment="A Sample of application"
CommentBr="Um exemplo de aplicativo"
Description="This is just an example of how to create apps for linux."
DescriptionBr="Isso é só um exemplo de como criar apps para linux."
Homepage="https://ailtonbsj.github.io"
Bugtracker="https://ailtonbsj.github.io"
Help="https://ailtonbsj.github.io"
Donation="https://ailtonbsj.github.io"
Categories="Education;"
License="GPL-2.0+"
Caption="Screenshot of app"
CaptionBr="Tela do App"
ImageUrl="https://here.stay/the/address/of/my/screenshot.png"
Project="WinuniX"
Version="0.0.1"
Depends="default-jre | openjdk-8-jre"

# Project Folder
mkdir -p usr/share/$AppName

mkdir DEBIAN
mkdir -p usr/bin/
mkdir -p usr/share/applications/
mkdir -p usr/share/metainfo/
mkdir -p usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/
mkdir -p usr/share/doc/$AppName
# mkdir -p usr/share/pixmaps/

ln -s /usr/share/$AppName/$AppName usr/bin/$AppName
ln -s /usr/share/$AppName/$AppName.png usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/$AppName.png
ln -s /usr/share/$AppName/LICENSE usr/share/doc/$AppName/copyright

VersionDate=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')

cat << EOF > usr/share/applications/$AppDomain.$AppName.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Name=${AppNameEn}
Name[pt_BR]=${AppNameBr}
Comment=${Comment}
Comment[pt_BR]=${CommentBr}
Exec=${AppName} %u
Icon=${AppName}
Categories=${Categories}

EOF

cat << EOF > usr/share/metainfo/$AppDomain.$AppName.appdata.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<component type="desktop">
  <id>${AppDomain}.${AppName}.desktop</id>
  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
  <project_license>${License}</project_license>
  <name>${AppNameEn}</name>
  <name xml:lang="pt_BR">${AppNameBr}</name>
  <summary>${Comment}</summary>
  <summary xml:lang="pt_BR">${CommentBr}</summary>
  <description>
    <p>${Description}</p>
    <p xml:lang="pt_BR">${DescriptionBr}</p>
  </description>
  <url type="homepage">${Homepage}</url>
  <url type="bugtracker">${Bugtracker}</url>
  <url type="help">${Help}</url>
  <url type="donation">${Donation}</url>
  <screenshots>
    <screenshot type="default">
      <caption>${Caption}</caption>
      <caption xml:lang="pt_BR">${CaptionBr}</caption>
      <image>${ImageUrl}</image>
    </screenshot>
  </screenshots>
  <project_group>${Project}</project_group>
  <provides>
    <binary>${AppName}</binary>
  </provides>
  <releases>
    <release version="${Version}" date="${VersionDate}"/>
  </releases>
  <content_rating type="oars-1.0" />
</component>

EOF

read -n1 -r -p "Press space to continue..." key

FolderSize=$(expr $(du -bs | cut -d'.' -f1) / 1024 + 1)

cat << EOF > DEBIAN/control
Package: ${AppName}
Version: ${Version}
Installed-Size: ${FolderSize}
Maintainer: ${GithubId} <${Email}>
Section: utils
Architecture: all
Priority: optional
Depends: ${Depends}
Homepage: ${Homepage}
Description: ${CommentBr}
 ${DescriptionBr}
 .
 $Description

EOF

if [ "$key" = '' ]; then
    dpkg-deb -b . ..
else
    echo "Not compiled!"
fi

# convert usr/share/$AppName/$AppName.png usr/share/pixmaps/$AppName.xpm