Re: dependencies issue

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:50:44PM +0100, Arvind Autar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm to package something that doesn't have a ./configure . 
> What ways are there to find out the dependencies ? 
> 
> I tried to use " dpkg-depcheck -b debian/rules build ", but that didn't
> work well.

Build it in a pbuilder, and add everything it is missing.

Or alternatively in a clean chroot, is actually faster. look at the
debootstrap manpage for info on how to build one.

Friendly,

Sven Luther