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Questions tagged [dh-make]

dh_make is a utility that adds additional files to (extracted) source code archives, so building the software also creates deb packages.

This package allows you to take a standard (or upstream) source package and convert it into a format that will allow you to build Debian packages.

Source: Debian: Package: dh-make

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make: dh: Command not found

When I try to run the .run file on nautilus the pointer changes into a wheel and does nothing, I did change the permission to make it executable, also at first it only tryed to open it with gedit so I had to manually choose to execute it as a…
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Packaging a CMake project (libRocket) into a .deb, but build script is in a sub folder

I am trying to build a .deb package for libRocket (http://librocket.com/), but the build script is not in the source root but rather in a subfolder (/Build). See the Github source: https://github.com/lloydw/libRocket I can build it fine, using: cd…
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Packaging MATLAB (or, more generally, a large binary, proprietary piece of software)

I'm trying to package MATLAB for internal distribution, but this could apply to any piece of software with the same architecture. In fact, I'm packaging multiple releases of MATLAB to be installed concurrently. Key things Very large installation…
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What is a '.orig.tar.xz' file in packaging?

I have recently started packaging a bash script of mine into a .deb file so that I can upload it to my PPA, and I have noticed a lot of talk about a file which seems to have been created from my source code or something called…
user364819
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Specify the target directory in a package

I created a package (with dpkk-build and dh_make) from my own program source and got a deb-binary. So far, so good. No if I'd upload the package to my ppa and installed it from there, the program would not work because I did not specify where it…
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Why dh_make doesn't provide all options for create skeleton for new package?

I'm using: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. dh-make package with version 2.201605~xenial1 When I try to start packaging, dh_make propose next options: $ dh_make Type of package: (single, indep, library, python) [s/i/l/p]? I have downloaded dh_make sources. In…
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brz: ERROR: unknown command "dh-make"

I'm trying to build a deb according to the https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html Everything was working 6 months ago. Now when I execute: bzr dh-make hello 2.10 hello-2.10.tar.gz I'm getting: brz: ERROR: unknown command…
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How to build custom toolchain in Ubuntu?

We are planning to migrate to Ubuntu 16.0.4LTS as a development distribution. Currently, we are using old Suse distribution. One of the tasks in this migration is to build our custom toolchain on Ubuntu. Currently we have RPMs of various packages…
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Packaging bash script with dh-make

I have installed dh-make by installing other packages as recommended by this page which depend on it (I am listing all packages which could have installed it as well because I am not certain which one did): sudo apt-get install gnupg pbuilder…
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Remove private shared libraries from Depends field in control

I'm using command debuild -b to package my application into a .deb. When it goes to run dh_makeshlibs, many shared libraries' names are added in debian/my-package/DEBIAN/shlibs. But some of them are my private shared libraries, which will be…
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Creating debian package to install to a path with spaces

I have a Qt application that I want to deploy as a deb package. I have been reading so many sources, all slightly different - most of what I did follows this How To: preparing an application for submission to the Ubuntu Software Centre I must…
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Set up apt-get remove commands in deb file (dh_make)

So, I'm trying to package my Python app, Virtuam. My question is simple: how can I set the commands which run when I remove the program using apt-get?
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How to make a .deb package to install docker plus other dependencies?

I have a package and I use a shell script to install it on Ubuntu. I want to use a .deb file instead, and this software package has prerequisites including DOTNET and Docker. What are the steps to make a .deb file for this purpose?
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copy files instead of compiling when building debian package

The goal I have been trying to make a very simple debian package for two days now. There is a java application called fits. In ~40 lines, it can be packaged for osx. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/fits.rb I would like…
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debuild error “*** No rule to make target” where target is blank

We are trying to create a deb package, to install and auto-start a couple of monitoring scripts we have. Here is the rules file: #!/usr/bin/make -f %: dh $@ --with=systemd --with=python2 override_dh_installinit: dh_systemd_enable -pmonitor…
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