Packaging motis for Linux Distributions

[1Maxnet1]

Just updated to the current release and wondered about packaging motis would be an improvement or not. Did you already though about this? E.g. if I setup a web server I usually get e.g. apache web server it from the repository as well, why not mtois.

Pros I came up with:

• easy updates without the need of manual intervention
• easy accessible for users who want to give it a try
• raise some awareness about motis

Don't think this is a primary issue, but wondered whether you already thought about it.

[felixguendling]

Yes, ideally we could have something like vectorized on their landing page with "Try Redpanda today" + 1-step copy&paste installation for all major supported platforms. This would require at least a deb and rpm package. Since 'deb' packages are easier to handle and from what I heard Debian-based distributions are more common, I would start with a deb package.

It should probably contain:

• scripts to add (on install) a motis user and group
• scripts to remove (on uninstall) the motis user and group (not sure about that - what about files that are still owned by the motis user?)
• a systemd service /etc/systemd/system/motis.service
• a systemd restart service /etc/systemd/system/motis-restart.service
• a systemd restart timer file /etc/systemd/system/motis-restart.timer
• maybe a systemd update service+timer for realtime updates - this part will be moved into MOTIS ('ris' module) in the future
• a /etc/motis/config.ini
• the /etc/motis/osrm-profiles, /etc/motis/tiles-profiles
• and /var/motis/www

(paths maybe subject to change)

Maybe it's an option to use CMake deb support: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/cpack_gen/deb.html

It seems to be possible to host deb packages using GitHub pages: https://pmateusz.github.io/linux/2017/06/30/linux-secure-apt-repository.html

Currently, this is not something anyone is working on. Feel free to contribute packaging + package hosting.