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Asked: 2026-05-14T02:12:28+00:00

I am trying to create a Debian package for a Java application. In my

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I am trying to create a Debian package for a Java application.

In my package there is a .jar file which is executable, a script which will run this jar file and a .so file for fmod.
I’ve read this tutorial.

In the control file there is a ‘Depends’ field which basically describes the packages that need to be installed in order to install my application. My question is, how do I find which packages are required for my application? I followed the instructions in the tutorial for one of the .so files, and got this:

$ dpkg -S libfmodex64-4.28.09.so 
dpkg: *libfmodex64-4.28.09.so* not found.

Also, my application requires Java 1.5 to be installed in order for it to run. How do I specify this in my debian package?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I strongly recommend building your package from source within the Debian packaging infrastructure. Everything will be pretty much automatically taken care of if you use the Ant class in CDBS.

    If you do insist on assembling a binary .deb only, equivs is much less hackish than the method described by your document.

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