thanks for the reply i want to add some information that i m using a cross compilation tool "scratchbox" All the source code i have installed in scratchbox is using make install (not from the deb packages) So if i want to convert an application to deb package, first i need to convert all other source code (becoz i have made changes to them according to my requirement) that i have installed using make install, otherwise i wouldn't be able to make a deb package.
thanks and regards varun Neil Williams-4 wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:22:16 -0700 (PDT) > varun_shrivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> hi >> >> i have made a package which is a simple gtk application. >> it depends on gtk-directfb-2.0.so.0 , >> i included this library in the depends field in control file. > > That should be the -dev version of that package. > libgtk-directfb-2.0-dev > >> after creating the package when i try to install it using dpkg -i >> it displays following error >> >> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of clock: >> clock depends on libgtk-directfb-2.0 (>= 2.2); however: >> Package libgtk-directfb-2.0 is not installed. > > $ sudo apt-get install libgtk-directfb-2.0-0 > >> the package is installed at /usr/local/lib but i did a make install > > You should not mix packaging systems - you still need to install the > libgtk-directfb-2.0-dev binary package (which will bring in the > libgtk-directfb-2.0-0 package as a dependency) using dpkg (via apt or > aptitude). You must also ensure that your package builds against this > version so that it will build on other Debian systems, including the > autobuilders. dpkg cannot be expected to work with software that is > installed directly from upstream source instead of from a Debian binary. > >> for this >> library, i haven't installed it from a gtk-directfb package. > > Why not? You need to install the package in order to install any > packages that use it. > >> Also i found >> that as i have manually installed it, there is no gtk.shlibs file at >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/, so i manually wrote a shlibs.local file in debian/ >> directory for my package. >> but still i get this error > > Stop working around the lack of the Debian binary - install the binary > from the Debian mirrors and if your package doesn't build against it, > fix your package so that it does. If there is a bug in the Debian > package that prevents your package from working, rebuild > libgtk-directfb-2.0-0 from source, create a patch to fix that bug and > report it to the Debian bug tracking system. > > You cannot expect to be able to install your package via dpkg if you > have not also installed *all* the dependencies of that package via dpkg. > > Either you use: > Debian --> libgtk-directfb-2.0-0 (/usr/local/) --> clock (/usr/local) > or > Debian ==> libgtk-directfb-2.0-0 (Debian) ==> clock (dpkg install) > > You cannot expect it to work as: > Debian --> libgtk-directfb-2.0-0 (/usr/local/) ==> clock (dpkg install) > > (where --> represents building the upstream source directly and > ==> represents installing a Debian package.) > > -- > > > Neil Williams > ============= > http://www.data-freedom.org/ > http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ > http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/UNable-to-configure-my-package-tf4520501.html#a12897220 Sent from the debian-dpkg mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
