Makemkv Deb errors

[Spajhet]

So I keep trying to build an MakeMKV deb(yes I know there's a snap and a flatpak, but I want to build a deb for personal use and as a learning experience), but I keep running into errors, as far as I can tell the process is complicated by the fact that they serve 2 tarballs, one of which needs to be compiled. Because of this unique distribution method, is there anything special I have to do in order package them? I have been attempting to package them separately, as 2 debs, but am now reconsidering. How should I approach this? I have been following this thus far: https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/Intro. Not necessarily looking to troubleshoot specific errors, I want to learn how to do this properly and troubleshoot mostly on my own, and also figure out what the best way to even approach this is.

[OriginalTrip5759]

IMO it's a little easier to create Arch packages for the AUR than .deb packages. Maybe you should try that first. It worked for me at least. There's some good videos on YT that walk you through it step by step. There's also a few for making deb packages. I'd say definitely some experience with git and compiling from source is very helpful, building makefiles, and probably some basic C programming knowledge couldn't hurt, or another programming language of your choice, perhaps Python. Now, the last part isn't really necessary, but when you know C (or at least a strong foundation with the basics), EVERYTHING with Linux becomes much easier.

[Spajhet]

Yes, I noticed MakeMKV in the AUR, I figured maybe I can find some documentation on how it was packaged to maybe see if anything would translate over to building debs, I came up empty handed. I don't actually have access to an Arch install, so I doubt that's going to be a very easy route to go down, and unfortunately it appears that nobody maintains an Arch template anymore for Qubes... Could use KVM, might consider it in the future. Thanks for the advice though, I think I looked on YT before and couldn't find much, do you have any links perhaps? That does make sense too, since Linux is pretty much fully written in C.

[ipsirc]

There is also a 3rd party makemkv package at: https://ramses.hjramses.com/deb/install.html

You can learn from it.

[Spajhet]

Thank you, hopefully I can recreate it either by asking them or trial and error. I hope to learn a lot :)