How to build Kubuntu packages with Buildkite.

What are Kubuntu packages?

The Kubuntu distribution is a spin-off from Ubuntu, which aims to create a new user-friendly desktop system using the Linux operating system. Kubuntu comes with the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment installed by default and provides users with similar functionality and visual appearance (a 'look-and-feel') to other current popular operating systems such as Windows XP and Apple's Mac OS X.

What is Buildkite?

Buildkite is a platform for running fast, secure, and scalable continuous integration pipelines on your own infrastructure. With Buildkite, you can deploy your Ruby, Java, Node or Python projects to the cloud in one click; run C++ projects on App Engine; run JavaScript, Go, RVM or Pipelines in any public or private Docker container; and install Docker images with pre-installed build tools like Go or Rust. Each job is created using our easy YAML syntax that supports arbitrary commands (eg. buildr), with no agent required.

Building Kubuntu package with Buildkite via packagecloud

If you’re looking to build Kubuntu package with Buildkite, you can use packagecloud to handle all of your package management and integrations with your CI/CD tools. Packagecloud works with all kinds of packages, not only Kubuntu packages. As well, you can integrate with all kinds of CI/CD tools, not only Buildkite.