raspbian-deb-package
Scripts required to build the Node-RED deb package for Raspbian Stretch ONLY, as it requires node.js v4.*
The last version of Node-RED for Jessie was 0.15.3.
WARNING: If you already have Node-RED installed do not run this just for fun. It will probably break your existing install.
Only run it on a clean Raspbian Stretch SD card running in a Raspberry Pi Arm6 model - that way it will include the correct instruction set for other Arm6 type Pi (Original A and B models) and yet be forwards compatible with the Arm7 versions (Pi2, 3 etc).
Transfer all the files from this project to the Pi.
wget -qO- -O nrpack.zip https://github.com/node-red/raspbian-deb-package/archive/master.zip && unzip nrpack.zip && rm nrpack.zip
cd raspbian-deb-package-master
Then run the two scripts below
node-red-pi-install.sh
You should only run this script once.
Firstly it does an apt-get update and installs node.js and npm.
It then npm installs the latest Node-RED from npm. This can take 20-30 mins on a Pi 1.
It also installs a few useful extra nodes.
Then it removes a load of crud files from all the installed dependancies - such as test, doc, samples, examples and so on.
Finally we install the icon file, init scripts, and desktop file.
Once this finishes the Pi should be able to run Node-RED and have an icon under menu - programming
node-red-deb-pack.sh
The deb package version number is set at the top of this script. Edit as necessary. For example
VER=0.17.4
Next run this script - it also cleans up the crud just to be sure... then packs
all the files and unpacks them into a directory in /tmp/
It then moves files from /usr/local/... to /usr/... as required for pre-installed applications, and adds the necessary DEBIAN/control file.
Finally it builds the actual deb file - moves it back in to the /home/pi directory and then runs lintian to report all the violations.
Don't worry - there are loads ! so to trim then down to what I consider actually relevant try running
cat lint.log | grep E: | grep -v '\.node'
for the Errors - and
cat lint.log | grep W: | grep -v '!node' | grep -v 'extra' | grep -v "image" | grep -v "please" | grep -v "not-executable" | grep -v '\.node'
for the warnings.
Move or Copy the nodered_x.y.z.deb file as required.
Notes
Both these scripts could be run as one. Though while messing around it made more sense to do the install once and then re-pack as many times as necessary.