[Gambas-user] Unable to create .deb installs for Ubuntu / Mint

Thu Nov 5 16:16:56 CET 2015

Using the Gambas 3.7 versions on Mint 17.2 I was having no problems,
writing, compiling, testing, & creating installation packages for use in
Linux Mint 17.2.  A few weeks after installing 3.8 I needed to create an
installation package for use with Mint.  It failed to create an
installation package.

Assuming that there was something wrong with my installation of Mint I
first tried reinstalling Mint 17.2, using just the defaults, on an empty
disk.  It still would not compile.

Next I tried installing Ubuntu 15.10 on an empty disk.  First creating 3
partitions for use as "/", swap & home.

Other than telling it to use the above disk structure do an default install
of Ubuntu Mate 15.10, letting it apply all updates during the install.

Install Gambas with the following script.

#!/bin/bash -vx
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gambas3

Copy source directory from what was a working program prier to Gambas 3.8
into a source directory on the test installation.
Create a separate directory in which to put the installation files.

Load program and  chose project / compile all.

Chose project / make / executable, choosing put shortcut on desktop.

 Running the executable that has been placed from the desktop, everything
works.

Now choosing project / make / installation package, & on Target
Distribution only ticking Ubuntu / Mint I get the message that I have
always had "makepkg is missing".  In addition I now get the 2 messages  :-
autoconf and automake are missing.
makeself is missing.

I Clicked next on every window until "Destination directory " is displayed.
Chose the install directory & click next.
Next screen click "create package"
The following is displayed.

Saving CHANGELOG file.

==============================================================================

CREATING PACKAGE FOR UBUNTU / KUBUNTU / MINT....

Making build directory.
Creating desktop file...
Sources are being debianizated.
Creating package...
cd '/home/michael/data/GambasInstall/GarminTools/ubuntu/garmintools-0.1.12'
dpkg-buildpackage -d -rfakeroot -uc -us
dpkg-buildpackage: source package garmintools
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 0.1.12-0ubuntu2
dpkg-buildpackage: source distribution unstable
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by michael <michael at ...3522...>
sh: 1: gcc: not found
dpkg-architecture: warning: couldn't determine gcc system type, falling
back to default (native compilation)
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64
 dpkg-source --before-build garmintools-0.1.12
dpkg-source: error: syntax error in garmintools-0.1.12/debian/control at
line 12: line with unknown format (not field-colon-value)
dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source --before-build garmintools-0.1.12
gave error exit status 25
The package build has failed.
Package.MakeDebPackage.991: 'dpkg-buildpackage' has failed.
Saving CHANGELOG file.

End of CHANGELOG file
========================================================

File    garmintools-0.1.12/debian/control  follows.  everything between the
rows of ========== The 12th line, said to be an error is part of the
Description

==================================================================================
Source: garmintools
Section: contrib/electronics
Priority: optional
Maintainer: michael <michael at ...3522...>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0), gambas3-dev (>= 3.8), gambas3-dev (<<
3.99.0), gambas3-gb-image (>= 3.8), gambas3-gb-image (<< 3.99.0),
gambas3-gb-form (>= 3.8), gambas3-gb-form (<< 3.99.0), gambas3-gb-pcre (>=
3.8), gambas3-gb-pcre (<< 3.99.0)
Standards-Version: 3.9.6

Package: garmintools
Architecture: all
Depends: gambas3-runtime (>= 3.8), gambas3-runtime (<< 3.99.0),
gambas3-gb-image (>= 3.8), gambas3-gb-image (<< 3.99.0), gambas3-gb-form
(>= 3.8), gambas3-gb-form (<< 3.99.0), gambas3-gb-pcre (>= 3.8),
gambas3-gb-pcre (<< 3.99.0)
Description: 0.1.0
GPS data processing for navagation
gpx merge file correctl...
 0.1.0
GPS data processing for navagation
gpx merge file correctly forated
 This program is written in Gambas.
 ================================================================================

Does anyone know why this is failing & how to fix the problem.

Many thanks

Michael

System Information created by Gambas

[System]
Gambas=3.8.2
OperatingSystem=Linux
Kernel=4.2.0-16-generic
Architecture=x86_64
Distribution=Ubuntu 15.10
Desktop=MATE
Theme=Gtk
Language=en_GB.UTF-8
Memory=7887M

[Libraries]
Cairo=libcairo.so.2.11400.2
Curl=libcurl.so.4.3.0
DBus=libdbus-1.so.3.14.3
GStreamer=libgstreamer-0.10.so.0.30.0
GStreamer=libgstreamer-1.0.so.0.600.0
GTK+2=libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.28
GTK+3=libgtk-3.so.0.1600.7
OpenGL=libGL.so.1.2.0
Poppler=libpoppler.so.52.0.0
QT4=libQtCore.so.4.8.6
QT5=libQt5Core.so.5.4.2
SDL=libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4

[Environment]
CLUTTER_BACKEND=x11
COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE=mate
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-DEGkApHHa2,guid=1be4de8feb243ca578024b27563b1682
DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/mate.default.path
DESKTOP_SESSION=mate
DISPLAY=:0.0
GB_GUI=gb.qt4
GDMSESSION=mate
GDM_LANG=en_GB
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE=/usr/share/applications/gambas3.desktop
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID=1781
GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge:canberra-gtk-module
GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0
HOME=<home>
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LOGNAME=<user>
MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/mate.mandatory.path
MATE_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
PWD=<home>
SESSION_MANAGER=local/<hostname>:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/931,unix/<hostname>:/tmp/.ICE-unix/931
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHLVL=0
SSH_AGENT_PID=982
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
TZ=:/etc/localtime
USER=<user>
XAUTHORITY=<home>/.Xauthority
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-mate:/etc/xdg
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=MATE
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/mate:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/<user>
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
XDG_SEAT=seat0
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=mate
XDG_SESSION_ID=c1
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
XDG_VTNR=7