SBT Native Packager

This is a work in process project. The goal is to be able to bundle up Scala software built with SBT for native packaging systems, like deb, rpm, homebrew, msi.

Installation

Add the following to your project/plugins.sbt or ~/.sbt/plugins.sbt file:

resolvers += Resolver.url("scalasbt", new URL("http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)

addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-native-packager" % "0.4.3")

Then, in the project you wish to use the plugin, add the following settings:

seq(packagerSettings:_*)

or

settings(com.typesafe.packager.PackagerPlugin.packagerSettings:_*)

Usage

Using the sbt-native-packger plugin requires a bit of understanding of the underlying packaging mechanisms for each operating system it supports. The generated documentation for the plugin is still a work in progress.

Here's an example excerpt for the debian + rpm package of sbt-extras project:

// GENERAL LINUX PACKAGING STUFFS
maintainer := "Josh Suereth <[email protected]>",
packageSummary := "Simple Build Tool for Scala-driven builds",
packageDescription := """This script provides a native way to run the Simple Build Tool,
a build tool for Scala software, also called SBT.""",
linuxPackageMappings <+= (baseDirectory) map { bd =>
  (packageMapping((bd / "sbt") -> "/usr/bin/sbt")
   withUser "root" withGroup "root" withPerms "0755")
},
linuxPackageMappings <+= (sourceDirectory) map { bd =>
  (packageMapping(
    (bd / "linux" / "usr/share/man/man1/sbt.1") -> "/usr/share/man/man1/sbt.1.gz"
  ) withPerms "0644" gzipped) asDocs()
},
linuxPackageMappings <+= (sourceDirectory in Linux) map { bd =>
  packageMapping(
    (bd / "usr/share/doc/sbt/copyright") -> "/usr/share/doc/sbt/copyright"
  ) withPerms "0644" asDocs()
},   
linuxPackageMappings <+= (sourceDirectory in Linux) map { bd =>
  packageMapping(
    (bd / "usr/share/doc/sbt") -> "/usr/share/doc/sbt"
  ) asDocs()
},
linuxPackageMappings <+= (sourceDirectory in Linux) map { bd =>
  packageMapping(
    (bd / "etc/sbt") -> "/etc/sbt"
  ) withConfig()
},
linuxPackageMappings <+= (sourceDirectory in Linux) map { bd =>
  packageMapping(
    (bd / "etc/sbt/sbtopts") -> "/etc/sbt/sbtopts"
  ) withPerms "0644" withConfig("noreplace")
},
linuxPackageMappings <+= (sbtLaunchJar, sourceDirectory in Linux, sbtVersion) map { (jar, dir, v) =>
  packageMapping(dir -> "/usr/lib/sbt",
                 dir -> ("/usr/lib/sbt/" + v),
                 jar -> ("/usr/lib/sbt/"+v+"/sbt-launch.jar")) withPerms "0755"
},
// DEBIAN SPECIFIC    
name in Debian := "sbt",
version in Debian <<= (version, sbtVersion) apply { (v, sv) =>       
  sv + "-build-" + (v split "\\." map (_.toInt) dropWhile (_ == 0) map ("%02d" format _) mkString "")
},
debianPackageDependencies in Debian ++= Seq("curl", "java2-runtime", "bash (>= 2.05a-11)"),
debianPackageRecommends in Debian += "git",
linuxPackageMappings in Debian <+= (sourceDirectory) map { bd =>
  (packageMapping(
    (bd / "debian/changelog") -> "/usr/share/doc/sbt/changelog.gz"
  ) withUser "root" withGroup "root" withPerms "0644" gzipped) asDocs()
},

// RPM SPECIFIC
name in Rpm := "sbt",
version in Rpm <<= sbtVersion.identity,
rpmRelease := "1",
rpmVendor := "typesafe",
rpmUrl := Some("http://github.com/paulp/sbt-extras"),
rpmLicense := Some("BSD"),

The full build, including windows MSI generation, can be found here.