On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 01:56:12AM -0400, harshu wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am trying to build a debian package of ayttm. > > what i did > apt-get source ayttm
At a minimum, you need to install the 'build-essential' package (and it's dependencies) as well as run 'apt-get builddep ayttm' to install all the special things it needs. > dpkg-source -x ayttm*dsc > cd ayttm-<dir-extracted-to> > debian/rules binary This needs to be run either as root or with 'fakeroot'. $ fakeroot debian/rules binary or $ debuild (from devscripts) will at least have a chance of working. > and this the error i get. I would appreciate some pointers on how to > solve this. > > I did search for mkinstalldirs on packages.debian.org and automake1.6 > has it and this package is installed. Do you have the 'automake' package installed? The 'builddep' step is the key here. -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ertius.org/ GPG keys: 1024D/1E73B7CD, 4096R/3ABDE5EC | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: SCUD missile corporate security Waco, Texas president Kosovo
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