thank you for this document,i have use this to
create my first deb file

With newer versions of dh_make, you might need to specify the --createorig flag to dh_make if you do not provide the original source file.

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot does NOT need to be run as root

thank you for this document,i have use this to
create my first deb file : me too !

for me, I get a cannot find Glib2 error when running the dpkg-buildpackage command.

thanks :) BUT:
dpkg-buildpackage does indeed built the .deb packages, but they are almost empty. The data.tar.gz only contains the folder-structure "down to" the doc folder, but there is no data in the folder...

hey how can i "compile" the source in .deb files??

Thanks! You helped me to backport ghostscript from lenny to sarge today :).

Great guide. Helped me out too :)

Nice guide, thanks!

I am trying to package code from somebody else. ./configure && make works. But dh_make -s -e 'acsccid-1.0.1@FransVerster.nl' --createorig && dpkg-buildpackage fails :-(

It is building without some .c file so the linker fails.

Howto fix? Whats so different when using dpkg-buildpackage ?

Thx!

Cheers, this helped me compile scanner backend for my Asus eee Xandros system, had to use a separate Etch installation on an old machine.
Changes must always be expected with new software versions butt this little guide worked fine still (May 2010).

Thanks

Helped me to back-port vlc to hardy today!

As i m a newbie, i dont know what rule has to be added.

I got following error for "dpkg" command,
"
dpkg-buildpackage: warning: using a gain-root-command while being root
dpkg-buildpackage: set CFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: set CPPFLAGS to default value:
dpkg-buildpackage: set LDFLAGS to default value: -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
dpkg-buildpackage: set FFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: set CXXFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: source package zsync
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 0.9ubuntu1-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by mathankumarb <mk@zohocorp.com>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp
# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
/usr/bin/make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/zsync-0.9ubuntu1'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `clean'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/zsync-0.9ubuntu1'
make: *** [clean] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules clean gave error exit status 2
"

hi5,

have u installed fakeroot. For me the above procedure is working fine. U might have missed something.

how to edit debian/control file??

it say Could not find <name>-<version>.orig.tar.gz at dh_make
?????

does not work T.T