Packaging

Build binaries first, then package.

Prerequisites

• dub + one of three first-class D compilers: LDC (ldc2), DMD (dmd), GDC (gdc)
• Set COMPILER=ldc2|dmd|gdc to choose; install.sh / PKGBUILDs / migrate-db.sh auto-pick the first available if unset
• Ubuntu .deb: dpkg-deb (dpkg-dev)
• CachyOS/Arch: makepkg (base-devel)
• Fedora/RHEL .rpm: podman (rpmbuild runs inside a Fedora container)
• openSUSE .rpm: podman (rpmbuild runs inside an openSUSE container)

Local install (no package)

COMPILER="${COMPILER:-ldc2}"   # ldc2 | dmd | gdc
dub build --compiler="$COMPILER"
(cd cli && dub build --compiler="$COMPILER")
(cd admin && rm -rf node_modules && npm ci && npm run build)   # Vue admin → admin/dist
sudo ./packaging/install-server.sh

# client install.sh rebuilds with $COMPILER (default ldc2)
COMPILER="$COMPILER" sudo -E ./client/packaging/install.sh

Ubuntu .deb

COMPILER="${COMPILER:-ldc2}"
dub build --compiler="$COMPILER" --build=release
(cd cli && dub build --compiler="$COMPILER" --build=release)
(cd admin && rm -rf node_modules && npm ci && npm run build)
./scripts/packaging/build-deb-server.sh

(cd client && dub build --compiler="$COMPILER" --build=release)
./scripts/packaging/build-deb-client.sh
# → dist/lindir-server_*.deb  dist/lindir-client_*.deb
sudo dpkg -i dist/lindir-server_*.deb

CachyOS / Arch

Fast path (from source tree) — preferred while developing:

paru -S libnss-extrausers                 # AUR; required for password login
sudo ./client/packaging/install.sh        # from repo root: rebuilds + installs
sudo lindir-client enroll --url URL --token TOKEN --skip-vpn
sudo lindir-client sync
getent passwd alice

install.sh places /usr/bin/lindir-client, /usr/lib/lindir/configure-login.sh, and enables lindir-sync.timer. Root enroll runs configure-login; if already enrolled: sudo lindir-client configure-login.

PKGBUILD path (packaged install):

paru -S libnss-extrausers
# makedepends list ldc by default; dmd or gcc-gdc also work (COMPILER=dmd|gdc)
cd packaging/cachyos && makepkg -si
cd ../../client/packaging/cachyos && makepkg -si

PKGBUILDs build from the repository checkout (two/three levels up from the PKGBUILD). They pick COMPILER if set, otherwise the first available of ldc2 / dmd / gdc. The client PKGBUILD depends on libnss-extrausers.

Fedora / RHEL (.rpm via Podman)

Binaries are compiled on the host; rpmbuild runs in a Fedora container so you do not need rpm-build on Arch/Ubuntu. Host COMPILER (default ldc2) is passed through:

COMPILER="${COMPILER:-ldc2}"
dub build --compiler="$COMPILER" --build=release
(cd cli && dub build --compiler="$COMPILER" --build=release)
./scripts/packaging/build-rpm-server.sh
# → dist/lindir-server-*.rpm

(cd client && dub build --compiler="$COMPILER" --build=release)
./scripts/packaging/build-rpm-client.sh
# → dist/lindir-client-*.rpm

Specs and units: packaging/fedora/, client/packaging/fedora/.

Note: an RPM built on the host glibc may not run on older RHEL/Rocky; for matching glibc, build the client inside an image that matches the target distribution.

Server unit and the database

Packaged lindir-server.service files use After=… postgresql.service mysql.service … so the server orders after common database units when they are on the same machine. They do not use Requires= / BindsTo=. If PostgreSQL or MySQL is stopped or fails to start, lindir-server can still come up and then serve empty or broken Admin/OIDC responses (for example a hung or blank login). On production hosts, add a drop-in:

# /etc/systemd/system/lindir-server.service.d/db.conf
[Unit]
Requires=postgresql.service
# or: Requires=mariadb.service / mysqld.service

Then systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart lindir-server. Remote databases need monitoring and startup ordering outside this unit instead.

openSUSE (.rpm via Podman)

COMPILER="${COMPILER:-ldc2}"
(cd client && dub build --compiler="$COMPILER" --build=release)
./scripts/packaging/build-rpm-client-opensuse.sh
# → dist/lindir-client-*.rpm

Spec: client/packaging/opensuse/.