Create .deb package - can't get dependencies

Question

I am trying to create a simple .deb package by following a wonderful tutorial , and my problem is that when I try to get the dependencies of the package by executing this command:

dpkg-depcheck -d ./configure

I get this error:

strace: ./configure: command not found
Running strace failed (command line:
strace -e trace=open,execve -f -q -o /tmp/depchqCdeiv ./configure

which I don't understand. Do you have any idea about what could be causing this? This on Ubuntu 12.04.

Answer 1

I think that tutorial is not the better approach to create quality deb packages.

Better resources would be:

• Debian New Maintainers' Guide
• Introducing the Debian packaging tutorial

About the error, I imagine that the software that you are trying to package doesn't use autotools, and for that reason it doesn't have any configure script. The way that the dependencies are checked depends on the build system used. If you don't have a configure script, maybe your project root directory has a SConstructp , a setup.py or simply a Makefile .

Giving more information about the software you are trying to package I can provide further help.

Best regards