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As with a simple Bash script, it started out simple enough and things mostly just worked. Over time though I started running into issues: Poetry would take an inordinately long time to resolve the required dependencies to install a package. Perhaps it was a one-off type of thing? Unfortunately not. It got to the point where I actively avoided using poetry to install dependencies and resorted to adding the dependency in pyproject.toml by hand, installing it locally using pip, and exporting the requirements as I did before⁸. At that point I felt invested enough that I just couldn’t ditch it entirely, that would mean a whole bunch of busywork just to root it out⁹.

This post is part of the blogpost series explaining coroutines, how they implemented in various programming languages and how they can make your life better.

A deb file is an archive that contains data. Marked with the .deb extension, it is used to easily distribute and install programs for Linux Debian and derivatives. Deb files are handy when your app needs to take care of additional dependencies, integrate itself with the desktop, run pre and post install scripts and so on.

In this quick tutorial I want to show you how to generate a deb package from scratch that will install a binary executable in the target system.

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods--and imprisoned just as quickly--Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.