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17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions Cargo.toml
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Expand Up @@ -56,6 +56,23 @@ license = "MIT"
[lints]
workspace = true

[package.metadata.deb]
maintainer = "Aljoscha Krettek <aljoscha.krettek@gmail.com>"
copyright = "2026, ember authors"
license-file = ["LICENSE", "0"]
extended-description = """\
Ember is a lightweight CLI for managing microVMs with copy-on-write storage.
On Linux it uses Firecracker (KVM) for VMs and ZFS zvols for storage. \
No daemon, no REST API — just a single binary."""
section = "admin"
priority = "optional"
depends = "$auto, zfsutils-linux, iptables, iproute2, curl, skopeo"
assets = [
["target/release/ember", "usr/bin/", "755"],
["README.md", "usr/share/doc/ember/README", "644"],
["LICENSE", "usr/share/doc/ember/LICENSE", "644"],
]

[dependencies]
ember-core = { workspace = true }
clap = { workspace = true }
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ cargo build --release

The binary is at `./target/release/ember`.

### Linux (Debian/Ubuntu .deb)

Build a `.deb` package with [`cargo-deb`](https://github.com/kornelski/cargo-deb):

```bash
cargo install cargo-deb
cargo deb
```

The package lands at `./target/debian/ember_<version>_<arch>.deb`. Install with `sudo apt install ./target/debian/ember_<version>_<arch>.deb`. Firecracker is not packaged in Debian/Ubuntu and must be installed separately.

#### Linux dependencies

| Dependency | Purpose |
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