2010/8/8, Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2010-08-08 15:45, Zvi Dubitzky wrote: >> I need to generate a Debian package for a library >> As an exercise I tried it with libvirt . >> I am running a Ubuntu 8.10 . and use the libvirt.0.6.1 tar.gz >> > > Hi, > > Thanks for your interest in Debian, unfortunately I do not have a lot of > time so this message will be rather brief. > > I have added the mail to debian-ment...@l.d.o which is our dedicated > mailing lists for how to do packaging and put you in CC, since I was > unsure whether you would receive the email otherwise. > >> >> For the library package I followed the Ubuntu instructions at : >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Basic >> (I first generated a .deb for the hello program and it went ok) >> For the library I did : >> 1. got the tar of libvirt . made a copy to orig.tar.gz >> 2. untarred the tared library . cd to the untarred code >> 3. there ran : dh_make -e your.maintai...@address . This created the >> debian directory. Got no bad >> commnets from lintian. >> >> 4. ran : debuild -S -us -uc (to avoid gpg for now) >> That generated the ../*.dsc and ../*.diff.gz . Looks ok. >> >> 5. ran: sudo pbuilder build ../*.dsc ( changed the debian/rules to have >> ./configure --with-xen=no otherwise >> it complained about xs_read missing in libxenstore - which exists . >> libxen3, libxen3-deb are installed ok) >> >> But now during the ./confugre run I get the following message : >> >> ..... >> checking for pkg-config... no >> checking libxml2 xml2-config >= 2.5.0 ... configure: error: Could not find >> >> libxml2 anywhere (see config.log for details). >> make: *** [config.status] Error 1 >> dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 >> pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package >> -> Aborting with an error >> -> unmounting dev/pts filesystem >> -> unmounting proc filesystem >> -> cleaning the build env >> ... >> >> pkg-config is installed and the newest . libxml2 is installed and newest >> (/usr/lib/) and xml2-config --version gives 2.6.32 >> >> so why does the system complain : Could not find libxml2 anywhere . BTW: >> config.log was not generated yet . >> >> Any idea/ help ? >> >> thanks >> >> Zvi Dubitzky >> Email:d...@il.ibm.com >> IBM Haifa Research Laboratory Phone: +972-4-8296182 >> Haifa, 31905, ISRAEL >> >> >> > > > dh_make cannot deduce every Build-Dependency of your package, which is > likely to be your problem. As I recall (but I have not used it in a > while) it only generate a set of template files to get you started. > Also pbuilder builds your package in a "clean chroot" where it only > installs the packages listed in Build-Depends and Build-Depends-Indep of > your debian/control (+ the "build-essential" packages). > > So you probably have to open the debian/control file and add the correct > build dependencies there. > > I apologize for the short answer with no reference to relevant > information, but I am really out of time :) > I am about to leave DebConf10 (like a lot of other Debian people). > > ~Niels > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEAREIAAYFAkxewlcACgkQVCqoiq1YlqykKACfTId9Pw0Q2yerPPeuUXnyZbFU > QIAAoMV8gYAjuecmaHjkN8bdvPdwENWX > =GAMJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c5ec258.8080...@thykier.net > >
Hi. I think you need libxml2-dev package to build your package and not only libxml2. -- Vincent Carmona -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimto2nu2agjqg2rmm-5mx8x6xx_wwuq2tdcd...@mail.gmail.com
