An idapro .deb package for use on Debian/Ubuntu

As of version 6.95, IDA Pro is only available for the i386 architecture. The files in this repository can be used to create an easily installable .deb package from the installer's contents that uses the system's 32-bit Python libraries.

1. Use the IDA Pro installer to unpack the contents into a temporary working directory (prefix), e.g.:

    sh idapronl_160808_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.run \
        --installpassword xxxxxxxxxxxx \
        --prefix `pwd`/idapro-6.95.160808 \
        --mode unattended \
        --localpython 0
   

2. Copy the contents of this directory into the working directory, edit the version number in debian/changelog if necessary.

3. Build the package by running dpkg-buildpackage -b in an i386 environment. An i386 chroot can be used for this.

4. On the target machine, add i386 as a secondary architecture if necessary:

    dpkg --add-architecture i386
    apt-get update
   

5. On the target machine, install the .deb package. This will likely fail due to missing dependencies. Those can be added using apt in a second step.

    dpkg -i idapro_6.95.160808-1_i386.deb
    apt-get -f install
   

An alternative would be to simply use apt-get to install the package from a local APT repository if possible. However, be careful to make sure that the package is not made available to the general public.

The .deb package does not contain the ida.key file that has been added to the installer. It must be copied to ~/.idapro for the user that is going to use IDA on the target machine(s).

-- Hilko Bengen bengen@hilluzination.de Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:59:57 +0100