How to build Lubuntu packages with Chef.

What are Lubuntu packages?

Lubuntu is a complete Linux operating system, like Ubuntu, but based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment. It is designed to be lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient than other mainstream distributions. these target the performance of Lubuntu for PC and lower end machines. At the same time, Lubuntu remains a functional and light-weight desktop environment. It is a good operating system for those who want to have a small footprint on their computer and who use little hardware resources.

What is Chef?

Chef is an open source configuration management tool designed to help you manage infrastructure by using a model-driven, data-driven approach. Power your deployment with innovative global search and scripting capabilities, and make sure tools integrate seamlessly through a well-documented API. Chef is collaborative, ensuring that you can work most efficiently with developers, DevOps teams and operations professionals.

Building Lubuntu package with Chef via packagecloud

If you’re looking to build Lubuntu package with Chef, 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 Lubuntu packages. As well, you can integrate with all kinds of CI/CD tools, not only Chef.