Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.4.1.3 Severity: normal You need to be root in order to run "dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc". Building a package should be doable by anybody. -- System Information Debian Release: potato Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux lolo 2.2.7 #15 dim mai 2 13:54:42 CEST 1999 i586 Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii perl 5.004.04-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extracting and Report