This is my [Debian](http://debian.org/) page.

Since March 2009, I'm running [Debian squeeze](http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/) on my main workstation.

Since March 2010, I'm running Debian squeeze on my [[Dell Latitude 2100]] netbook.

Since June 2010, I'm running Debian squeeze on my Dell Latitude D520.

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## 6to4 init script
<!-- link here from http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/IPv6#Debian.2C_Ubuntu -->
Here is a script I wrote for a Debian-style `/etc/init.d` that configures a [[!wikipedia 6to4]] IPv6 tunnel.

* <http://kenyonralph.com/6to4>

Dependencies:

* [[!debpkg iproute]]
* [[!debpkg moreutils]]
* [[!debpkg perl]]
* [[!debpkg curl]]

## irssi-notify
This script is based on <http://extern.tribut.de/irssi-notify> (linked from <http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2007/01/thls-irssi-notification-script.html?showComment=1174835100000#c1681311296903415398>). It makes notifications on your desktop when you get messages in irssi. I fixed the link handling, added comments to the sed script, and used portable character classes in the regular expressions.

[[!format bash """
#!/bin/bash
# Run this script in the background from the machine you want
# notifications to appear on: irssi-notify &
# Load the script fnotify.pl in irssi.

ssh -f irssi-server "tail --lines=10 $HOME/.irssi/fnotify; > $HOME/.irssi/fnotify; tail --follow $HOME/.irssi/fnotify" |
    sed --regexp-extended --unbuffered "
        s/(.)&/\1\&amp;/g; # replace characters with HTML entities
        s/</\&lt;/g;
        s/>/\&gt;/g;
        s%(#[[:alpha:]]+ )&lt;([^>]{0,10})&gt;%\1<b>\2</b> %g # bold the channel
        s%(https?://[^ ]+)%<a href=\"\1\">\1</a>%g; # make clickable links
        s%([\w+-]+@[^ ]+\.[[:alpha:]]{1,3})%<a href=\"mailto:\1\">\1</a>%g;" |
    while read heading message
    do
        notify-send --category=im.received --expire-time 5000 --icon /usr/share/openclipart/png/computer/icons/flat-theme/applications/ksirc.png -- "${heading}" "${message}"
    done
"""]]

Dependencies:

* [fnotify.pl](http://kenyonralph.com/fnotify.pl)
* [[!debpkg libnotify-bin]] for notify-send
* [[!debpkg openclipart-png]] for the icon

## debconf
Make it so all questions are asked: `sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf` and answer lowest priority.

## disable console beep
[[!format sh """
modprobe -r pcspkr
echo blacklist pcspkr >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
"""]]

Set 'bell-style' to 'none' in `/etc/inputrc`.

`setterm -blength 0`

### See also
* [Removing annoying console beeps](http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/110)

## Rebuilding Debian packages
This is just my local, condensed version of [Raphaël Hertzog's](http://raphaelhertzog.com/) article [Howto to rebuild Debian packages](http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/12/15/howto-to-rebuild-debian-packages/).

1. `apt-get source ntp`
1. `sudo apt-get build-dep ntp`
1. Make changes to package (or not), `dch --local foo` to record a changelog entry and increase the version.
1. `debuild`
1. `dput local whatever.changes` or just install the resulting deb with `gdebi`.

## Local Debian package repository
Here is how I created a local Debian package repository, also called an archive, using [[!debpkg mini-dinstall]].

### ~/.mini-dinstall.conf
    [DEFAULT]
    architectures = all, amd64
    archivedir = ~/repo
    archive_style = flat
    generate_release = 1
    release_signscript = ~/bin/sign-release.sh
    [squeeze]
    alias = stable

Run `mini-dinstall --batch` to initialize the repository.

### ~/bin/sign-release.sh
[[!format bash """
#!/bin/bash
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Based on Sample script to GPG sign Release files
# Copyright © 2002 Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>
# License: GPLv2
set -e
KEYID=0xc9b912d5
rm -f Release.gpg.tmp
gpg --default-key "$KEYID" --detach-sign -o Release.gpg.tmp "$1"
mv Release.gpg.tmp Release.gpg
"""]]

Now `gpg --armor --export 0xc9b912d5 | sudo apt-key add -` to get APT to trust the local repository.

### ~/.dput.cf
    [local]
    method = local
    run_dinstall = 0
    post_upload_command = mini-dinstall --batch
    incoming = ~/repo/mini-dinstall/incoming

Run `dput local pkg.changes` to upload the package to the repository.

### ~/.devscripts
[[!format bash """
DEBUILD_DPKG_BUILDPACKAGE_OPTS="-k0xC9B912D5 -sa"
DSCVERIFY_KEYRINGS="~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg"
"""]]

### sources.list entries
    deb file:///home/kenyon/repo squeeze/
    deb-src file:///home/kenyon/repo squeeze/

Now after a `sudo aptitude update` you should be able to install packages from the local repository.

### References
* manual pages and `/usr/share/doc` (read with `debmany` from [[!debpkg debian-goodies]]: sources.list, mini-dinstall, dput
* <http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Debian_Package_Repositories>
* <http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2009/04/howto:_uploading_to_people.d.o_using_dput/>
* <http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository>

## External links
* <http://debian.org/>

[[!tag Debian Linux]]