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abcd567 · Joined: 06 Jan 2019 Posts: 12

I wanted to build dump1090 .deb package from source-code at github. When i gave command dpkg-buildpackage -b, it failed. Warning about Perl. I checked, perl is installed.

What should I do to solve this problem?

abcd567 · Joined: 06 Jan 2019 Posts: 12

ADDITIOINAL INFO:
Forgot to mention that initially command "dpkg-buildpackage -b -d" gave following error:
"Command not found"

Then downloaded and installed package "dpkg-dev_1.18.4ubuntu1.5_all.deb" from this Web Page:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/i386/dpkg-dev/1.18.4ubuntu1.5

After installing this package by command "petget", dpkg-buildpackage started to work, but got stuck again after few steps, as shown below:

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12205 Location: S.C. USA

Welcome to Puppy Land!

Always, always, always, always give the specific complete name of the Puppy Linux you are using.
Xenialpup is not enough info.
I will guess you are using Xenialpup 7.5 (32bit) or is it Xenialpup64 7.5 (64bit)?

Know nothing about the build program you are trying to use.
But in general to compile in Puppy.
You need to load or install the Puppy version:
devx.sfs package.
Specific kernel sources.sfs package.
These have the added files and programs used for compiling.

Both Xenialpup 7.5 versions have this.
Click on the Quickpet icon on the desktop.
Quickpet>Useful>
Here you can download and install the devx and kernel src

Having the devx and kernel src loaded or installed help?

abcd567 · Joined: 06 Jan 2019 Posts: 12

@bigpup

Thanks for responding.

1. The full name of distro is Xenialpup 7.5 (32bit).

2. I did install "devx.sfs" package before creating this thread, but it did not solve the problem.

3. I have NOT installed "sources.sfs" package. I will install it now and try again, and report back.

Thanks for help

Regards,
abcd567

abcd567 · Joined: 06 Jan 2019 Posts: 12

@bigpup

Installing "devx.sfs" package helped, but installing "sources.sfs" package did not make any difference. However when I installed "debhelper_9.20160115ubuntu3" from PPM, the command "dpkg-buildpackage -b" started working.

Almost at the end of build process got another error:

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12205 Location: S.C. USA

I cannot really help you with more ideas.

Someone is going to have to come along that has done this or knows more than I do.

Usually, the problems are stuff needed, is not in Puppy and it needs to be added.

perdido · Posted: Tue 08 Jan 2019, 08:20 Post subject:

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1984 Location: London, England

Is there some specific reason for wanting to package as .deb ?
For Puppy it is best to compile and then package as .pet or .sfs

It is possible that the libpthread in this Puppy came from some other non-Ubuntu package and does not have dependency information "baked" in.
Try replacing it with the Ubuntu version (or compare to see if it is exactly the same)
Your program may be looking in the wrong place. If it is in /lib you could try symlinking into /usr/lib to see if the program then finds it

fredx181 · Joined: 11 Dec 2013 Posts: 3956 Location: holland

Hi abcd567, I think, looking at the 'dump1090' GitHub page that it's specific only for to build a .deb on a Debian OS (Jessie or Wheezy).
So I'd say, better try that instead of building it on a Puppy OS.

Fred

abcd567 · Joined: 06 Jan 2019 Posts: 12

abcd567 · Joined: 06 Jan 2019 Posts: 12