Automatic ebuild maker

I created this script to help me with converting .deb packages to .ebuild files. It is focused especially on packages based on Electron framework. The script tries to extract as much as possible information from .deb archive and fill extracted data to the .ebuild template.

Features

• Automatic detection of DESCRIPTION, HOMEPAGE and LICENSE
• The smart build of SRC_URI for multiple architectures
• Conversion from .deb dependencies to Portage RDEPEND dependencies
• Dynamic IUSE and KEYWORDS filling
• Automatic metadata.xml file creation with use flags descriptions
• --system-ffmpeg and --system-mesa flags for removing shipped build-in libraries

Dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user

Usage

If the package is provided only for one CPU architecture, simply use full download URL:

./automatic-ebuild-maker.py --url https://github.com/swiftyapp/swifty/releases/download/v0.6.4/Swifty_0.6.4_amd64.deb --system-mesa --system-ffmpeg --verbose

Result

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If package is available in multiple architectures, specify them with custom flags (e.g. --amd64, --i386, etc.) and use @ARCH@ variable in url address:

./automatic-ebuild-maker.py --url https://github.com/martpie/museeks/releases/download/0.11.5/museeks-@ARCH@.deb --amd64 --i386 --system-ffmpeg --system-mesa --verbose

Result

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You can specify custom LICENSE and HOMEPAGE with --license and --homepage flags.

./automatic-ebuild-maker.py --help