Assemble a Relative File package by creating a root directory that contains
subdirectories, source files, and configuration files.
For detailed explanation and examples of the control file you include in a package,
refer to the following topic:
Before you build a Relative File package, assemble all appropriate source files and
subdirectories into a single root directory.
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Create a root directory to hold all components of the Relative File package.
For example: C:\temp\MyRelativeFilePkg
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Inside the root directory, create a control
subdirectory.
For example: C:\temp\MyRelativeFilePkg\control
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Inside the control subdirectory, create a
control file.
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Using a text editor, create a new document and name it control.
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Enter all control file attributes and values needed for your package.
See Control File Attributes for more information
about attributes for your control file.
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Enter relative-file for the
XB-Plugin attribute to indicate that
the package is a Relative File package.
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Save the file and omit the file extension.
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Inside the root directory, create a data
subdirectory.
Package Manager installs any files inside the data subdirectory to the installation path. The default
installation path is: C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package
Manager\Installed\
For example: C:\temp\MyRelativeFilePkg\data.
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(Optional) Inside the the data
subdirectory, create one or more subdirectories.
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Inside the root directory, create a Debian binary file. This file declares conformity to the Debian standard. For more information,
visit debian.org.
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Using a text editor, create a new document and name it debian-binary.
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Enter 2.0 .
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Save the file and omit the file extension.
The following figure shows an example Relative File package:
