There are cases where one needs to install build-dependencies of a .dsc file in Debian.
Apparently this is not as trivial as:
# apt-get build-dep package
The easiest way I’ve found so far is to use mk-build-deps (from the devscripts package):
# mk-build-deps -i vadm_1.0.4ci+r16.dsc -t apt-get --no-install-recommends -y dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_prep dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_install dh_installdocs dh_installchangelogs dh_compress dh_fixperms dh_installdeb dh_gencontrol dh_md5sums dh_builddeb dpkg-deb: building package `vadm-build-deps' in `../vadm-build-deps_1.0.4ci+r16_all.deb'. The package has been created. Attention, the package has been created in the current directory, not in ".." as indicated by the message above! (Reading database ... 41052 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace vadm-build-deps 1.0.4ci+r16 (using vadm-build-deps_1.0.4ci+r16_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement vadm-build-deps ... Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up vadm-build-deps (1.0.4ci+r16) ...
This godly script:
- Creates a psudo package that depends on the build-depends of the .dsc file
- Does a dpkg -i on the generated deb file (which may fail because of missing build depends)
- Does apt-get -f install
Extra points for using -r which will remove the generated package after it’s done.
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