Installing the server put a .git directory in my root system!

[pablorocka]

I did an installation of the .deb from the website, and it put a .git directory in my root "/" directory. I'm wondering what else did to my system.
Anybody else with this issue?

[pablorocka]

I just ran the command dpkg-query -L linux-remote-control and confirmed the .git folder in the root and also the files README.md and LICENSE.
Both folders lrc-server and lrc-client were installed under /opt

[pablorocka]

closed by issue by mistake...

[316k]

Oh god...
Thanks for reporting this, we need to make a shell script to build the .deb package... sorry for that.

Yesterday i sent you guys an email because i also noticed this and i was having a problem with dpkg when installing!

some time ago I built a program that automates a lot of tasks when building Debian packages with interpreted languages.

I just update my software and the new version creates a Debian Package from your git Repo pretty good! You only need to do "build-deb your_git_folder"

You can take a look to the program on GitHub (Take a look of the package to see all its features, it is kinda great :) )

[316k]

I'll check it, it seems nice :)

Maybe the README file shouldn't be telling people to build custom deb packages to install the server on their comupters. The best way would probably be to build the .deb packages ourselves when the release is ready, and make them available on linuxremotecontrol.com, or via Github's Release feature.
The README file could explain how to run the development version (what dependencies to install, how to launch the node server, etc.), without building a .deb package.

How about that, @Angneli ?

[Agneli]

I agree, it is a good idea. The README.md was updated in bbec3fe.
As for the git directory in the root I was unaware of this fact.
I'll check what might be happening.

Thank you for your feedback.

I also noticed that problem, reinstalled the package from the website and the problem is gone

[rsm-gh]

Just as an advice, for building this program you can use build-deb and It will avoid you this kind of problems. It is also a great program for building.

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