Ok so all of that is sorted now ( needed the upstream tarballs ) But now a new level of fail.
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc dpkg-buildpackage: source package qtwebchannel-opensource-src dpkg-buildpackage: source version 5.6.1-1+dfsg-1 dpkg-buildpackage: source distribution UNRELEASED dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Scarlett Clark <sgcl...@kubuntu.org> dpkg-source --before-build qtwebchannel-opensource-src-5.6.1 dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64 fakeroot debian/rules clean dh clean --parallel --dbg-package=libqt5webchannel5-dbg --with pkgkde_symbolshelper dh_testdir -O--dbg-package=libqt5webchannel5-dbg dh_auto_clean -O--dbg-package=libqt5webchannel5-dbg debian/rules override_dh_clean make[1]: Entering directory '/home/scarlett/qtwebchannel-opensource-src-5.6.1' make[1]: 'override_dh_clean' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/scarlett/qtwebchannel-opensource-src-5.6.1' dpkg-source -b qtwebchannel-opensource-src-5.6.1 dpkg-source: info: using source format '3.0 (quilt)' dpkg-source: info: building qtwebchannel-opensource-src using existing ./qtwebchannel-opensource-src_5.6.1-1+dfsg.orig.tar.xz dpkg-source: info: building qtwebchannel-opensource-src in qtwebchannel-opensource-src_5.6.1-1+dfsg-1.debian.tar.xz dpkg-source: info: building qtwebchannel-opensource-src in qtwebchannel-opensource-src_5.6.1-1+dfsg-1.dsc debian/rules build dh build --parallel --dbg-package=libqt5webchannel5-dbg --with pkgkde_symbolshelper dh_auto_build -O--dbg-package=libqt5webchannel5-dbg -Nqtwebchannel5-doc -Nqtwebchannel5-doc-html make -j1 make[1]: Entering directory '/home/scarlett/qtwebchannel-opensource-src-5.6.1' make[1]: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/scarlett/qtwebchannel-opensource-src-5.6.1' dh_auto_build: make -j1 returned exit code 2 debian/rules:24: recipe for target 'build' failed make: *** [build] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 debuild: fatal error at line 1376: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc failed And looking it over it looks like override_dh_auto_configure: # Run qmake once to create .qmake.conf and be sure to append the following values. qmake # Enable gstabs debugging symbols only on gstab_architectures. ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), $(gstab_architectures))) echo "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS -= -g" >> .qmake.conf echo "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -gstabs" >> .qmake.conf # Enable normal debugging symbols only on fulldebug_architectures. else ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), $(fulldebug_architectures))) echo "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -g" >> .qmake.conf else # Disable debugging symbols in all the other archs. echo "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS -= -g" >> .qmake.conf echo "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS -= -gstabs" >> .qmake.conf endif # Disable JIT on selected architectures ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), $(disabled_jit_architectures))) echo "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -DENABLE_JIT=0" >> .qmake.conf endif # Disable header precompliation as it creates invalid includes on certain # architectures causing build failure. LP: 1395661 ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), $(disabled_pch_architectures))) echo "CONFIG -= precompile_header" >> .qmake.conf endif # Run qmake again now with the proper values. qmake # Upstream 5.6.0 RC tarball was generated improperly and has no synced headers /usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/qt5/bin/syncqt.pl Source -version $(upstream_version) Is being skipped altogether. Looking at .qmake.conf and those values are not in there. Ideas? Scarlett On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez < perezme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! Sounds like you are missing a build dependency. qtbase5-dev and > qtbase5- > private-dev *maybe*. > > > -- > Dadme voto electrónico y con una terminal os haré presidente. > el.machi > > Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer > http://perezmeyer.com.ar/ > http://perezmeyer.blogspot.com/ >