Distribute CLI via APT (Debian/Ubuntu)

[cardmagic]

Summary

Add APT distribution for the classifier CLI to make installation easier for Debian/Ubuntu users.

Background

Currently users must install via RubyGems (gem install classifier), which requires Ruby environment setup. A Debian package would provide a simpler installation path.

Tasks

• Create Debian package (classifier_2.2.0_all.deb)
• Set up PPA or package repository
• Submit to Debian/Ubuntu official repositories (long-term)

Options

1. Launchpad PPA - Create Personal Package Archive for easy add-apt-repository installation
2. Custom APT repository - Host on rubyclassifier.com or GitHub Pages
3. Official Debian repo - Submit to Debian (requires maintainer, long process)

Package Structure

classifier_2.2.0_all.deb
├── DEBIAN/
│   ├── control
│   ├── postinst
│   └── prerm
└── usr/
    ├── bin/
    │   └── classifier
    └── share/
        └── doc/classifier/
            └── copyright

Example control file

Package: classifier
Version: 2.2.0
Section: text
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Depends: ruby (>= 3.1), ruby-dev
Maintainer: Lucas Carlson <lucas@rufy.com>
Homepage: https://rubyclassifier.com
Description: Text classification with Bayesian and LSI algorithms
 A Ruby library for text classification featuring Naive Bayes,
 LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing), and more.

Installation (Goal)

# PPA approach
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cardmagic/classifier
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install classifier

# Custom repo approach
echo "deb https://rubyclassifier.com/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/classifier.list
curl -fsSL https://rubyclassifier.com/apt/KEY.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install classifier

References

• Launchpad PPA Documentation
• Debian New Maintainers' Guide