First working Makefile for generating a Debian package.

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ ignore/
 __pycache__/
 .mypy_cache/
 .idea
+
+# Generated by Makefile
+pxl.deb
+package/usr/
+package/usr/
+package/usr/

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Builds the pxl package with dpkg-deb from the /package directory to pxl.deb
+
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+build:
+	rm -rf package/usr/lib/pxl
+	mkdir -p package/usr/lib/pxl
+	cp main.py package/usr/lib/pxl/
+	cp -r pxl package/usr/lib/pxl/
+	cp -r design package/usr/lib/pxl/
+	python3.7 -m venv package/usr/lib/pxl/venv;
+	\
+	source package/usr/lib/pxl/venv/bin/activate; \
+	pipenv sync; \
+	deactivate; \
+	\
+	dpkg-deb -b package/ pxl.deb
+	@echo "You can now install pxl by running 'sudo dpkg -i pxl.deb'"
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf package/usr/lib/pxl
+
+
+

package/DEBIAN/control

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Package: pxl
+Version: 0
+Architecture: all
+Maintainer: IT Crowd <[email protected]>
+Description: Manage photo albums on S3 buckets

package/DEBIAN/prerm

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Remove generate files (forced to ignore non 0 exit code when folder does not exist)
+rm -rf /usr/lib/pxl/ignore

package/usr/bin/pxl

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+/usr/lib/pxl/venv/bin/python /usr/lib/pxl/main.py "$@"
+

pxl/cli.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __main__ import __file__ as entrypoint_file  # type: ignore
 import click
 import datetime
 import functools
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@
 import pxl.state as state
 import pxl.upload as upload
 
+entrypoint = Path(entrypoint_file).parent
+
 
 @click.group(name="pxl")
 def cli() -> None:
@@ -134,9 +137,11 @@ def upload_cmd(dir_name: str, force: bool) -> None:
 @cli.command("build")
 def build_cmd() -> None:
     """Build a static site based on current state."""
-    click.echo("Building site...", err=True)
-    output_dir = Path.cwd() / "ignore" / "build"
-    design_dir = Path.cwd() / "design"
+    output_dir = Path(entrypoint) / "ignore" / "build"
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    click.echo(f"Building site to {output_dir}...", err=True)
+    design_dir = Path(entrypoint) / "design"
 
     cfg = config.load()
     with upload.client(cfg) as client:
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ def build_cmd() -> None:
 @click.option("--bind", default="", help="Address to bind on (default: all interfaces)")
 def preview_cmd(port: int, bind: str) -> None:
     """Run a local webserver on build output"""
-    output_dir = Path.cwd() / "ignore" / "build"
+    output_dir = Path(entrypoint) / "ignore" / "build"
     if not output_dir.is_dir():
         click.echo("No output to serve. Please run `pxl build` first.", err=True)
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ def deploy_cmd() -> None:
         click.echo("Config not initialized. Please run `pxl init` first.", err=False)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    output_dir = Path.cwd() / "ignore" / "build"
+    output_dir = Path(entrypoint) / "ignore" / "build"
     if not output_dir.is_dir():
         click.echo("No output to deploy. Please run `pxl build` first.", err=False)
         sys.exit(1)