Re: help using apt-build

On 5 March 2016 at 20:00, Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Michael Fothergill
<michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 23 February 2016 at 18:46, Javi Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> El 23 de febrero de 2016 18:08:32 CET, Michael Fothergill
>> <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> escribió:
>> >Dear Folks,
>> >
>> >I tried using apt-build to install a source file:
>> >
>> >root@rhubarb:/home/michaelmikef/Downloads# ls -l adun*
>> >
>> >-rw-r--r-- 1 michaelmikef michaelmikef 1395 Feb 23 16:36
>> >adun.app_0.81-6.dsc
>> >
>> >root@rhubarb:/home/michaelmikef/Downloads# apt-build install
>> >adun.app_0.81-6.dsc
>> >
>> >W: Unable to locate package adun.app_0.81-6.dsc
>> >Unable to find source candidate for adun.app_0.81-6.dsc
>> >
>> >What am I doing wrong here?
>>
>> I think you need add deb-src line to your apt source list, so it can
>> download from internet (I think you need the name of the package and not the
>> name of the file) and then build the package
>>
>> Maybe you can use --source to tell apt-build to not download the source.
>> See the man page and its sinopsis
>
>
> I couldn't make apt-build work but the apt build dep command did work
> -however I think that some dependencies are missing in stretch that would be
> there in jessie....
>
> I have a jessie install and I will use that instead for this.

Hello,

At debian sid apt-build is working:

# apt update
# apt-build source-build adun.app
# ls /var/cache/apt-build/repository/
adun.app_0.81-7+aptbuild1_amd64.deb
adun-core_0.81-7+aptbuild1_amd64.deb Packages.gz
adun.app-dbg_0.81-7+aptbuild1_amd64.deb dists/
Release

Build directory on /var/cache/apt-build/build

I did apt update:

It worked OK except for a gripe about some i386 packages -

Reading package lists... Done

N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

W: Failed to fetch file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository/dists/apt-build/main/binary-i386/Packages File not found - /var/cache/apt-build/repository/dists/apt-build/main/binary-i386/Packages (2: No such file or directory)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I then checked the repository directory:

root@rhubarb:/var/cache/apt-build/build# ls /var/cache/apt-build/repository

dists Packages.gz Release

I then tried the command

root@rhubarb:/var/cache/apt-build/build# apt-build build-source adun.app

E: Unable to find a source package for adun.app

Some error occured building package

What I am doing wrong here?

Regds

Regards,
PD: apt-build need love :(
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365427