Re: help using apt-build

On 6 March 2016 at 11:06, Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Michael,

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Michael Fothergill

<michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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'

To fix it, you need to change
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list to read:

deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

> 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?

Seems like adun.app was removed from stretch [1], but that it is on
sid [2] but cannot be installed/migrated on/to stretch [3]

Maybe you can try to add deb-src unstable (sid) line to sources.list
and try again (not sure if all build depends will be on stretch).

I changed the deb-src entry to unstable from stretch........

Then I tried the apt-build command:

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

Building the following packages from source:

-----> Installing build dependencies (for adun.app=(none)) <-----

sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

-----> Updating package lists <-----

Get:1 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build InRelease

Ign:1 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build InRelease

Get:2 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release [107 B]

Get:3 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release.gpg

Ign:3 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release.gpg

Get:4 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main amd64 Packages

Ign:4 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main amd64 Packages

Get:5 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main i386 Packages

Ign:5 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main i386 Packages

Get:6 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main all Packages

Ign:6 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main all Packages

Get:7 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main Translation-en_GB

Ign:7 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main Translation-en_GB

Get:8 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main Translation-en

Ign:8 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/main Translation-en