Help me with my simple .deb package

[NamelessOne]

Hello. I want to build a simple .deb package for a plugin I built for audacious.

My problem is that I want to find out dynamically, during installation, where the audacious plugins folder is located. It is usually in /usr/lib/audacious/, but if installed from source, the default path is /usr/local/lib/audacious/. However, I think can only put my .so file in one location inside the .deb file. How can I fix this?

Also, lintian repots a syntax error on the first line of my description, even though there is a space before the description. I have attached the .deb for inspection.

[stevepusser]

Don't quote me on this, but I'm fairly sure it's Debian policy to stay out of the /usr/local folders. Debs are installed as root and put their files in the main system. The conflict between this and the standard source method of installing into /local does lead to a lot of trouble. I would say stick to policy and advise users to use the debs of Audacious, or tell them how to manually create a symlink in /usr/local to your files if they have done a manual install.

If you choose to just manually distribute the debs, I'd create two different versions that install your plugin in the appropriate location.

[NamelessOne]

Thanks, I hadn't thought about symlinks as a solution to this problem! I will go this way then.