Hi,
I've developed an application thats basically a bunch of python cgi scripts, the scripts make calls to R (the statistical programming language) via Rpy (a python interface to R) and stores stuff in a MySQL database. For technical reasons R and RPy both need to be compiled from source during installation.
I'm investigating whether it would be possible to distribute such an app as a .Deb package? The deb package would have to install & configure everything and set up the database, I've no idea if this is even possible.
Anything I've read so far seems geared towards applications that are distributed as source code.
Any feedback or pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
-Paul.