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Asked: 2026-05-28T07:29:41+00:00

When I download some package sources, (e.g. foo-[ver].orig.tar.gz, foo-[ver].dsc), I often encounter dependencies problem

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When I download some package sources, (e.g. foo-[ver].orig.tar.gz, foo-[ver].dsc), I often encounter dependencies problem while using dpkg-source -x foo-[ver].dsc and dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc .... In this case, I have to install the building dependencies one by one. Is there some tool to automatically handle this case, e.g., dpkg-source-dependencies -x foo-[ver].dsc?

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  1. Editorial Team

    pbuilder is just the tool for this job. pbuilder will set up a minimal distribution in a tarball upon install. For building a .dsc file, you supply the file and pbuilder unzips the tarball, chroots, installs all necessary build dependencies and compiles the package. As a result of this procedure, your build result is independent from the current configuration of the host machine.

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