[ubuntu-uk] Issues packaging software

[Gareth France]

With a little help from Paul Sladen I got it sorted thanks. My only 
issue now is that the installed package only runs if you call it using 
the full path /opt/cliftontestsuite/primetest. Just typing primetest an 
any random location does not work. Is this by design or have I screwed up?

On 03/05/15 10:44, Barry Drake wrote:
> Gareth ....  Just over a year ago, I had a go at making a Debian Sword
> set of packages.  The errors you are getting seem remarkably similar.
> After a lot of discussion on a Deban packaging list, I discovered that
> the Sword stuff simply would not build properly under Ubuntu.  Solution:
> use debootstrap.  This creates a Debian minimal installation in a chroot
> environment ...  the instructions for debootstrap are very complex - but
> it does do the lintian checks properly and I got working packages that I
> was able to test out properly.  I handed it over to someone (I can't
> remember who) and after a couple of tweaks, it passed Debian.  Same
> thing ought to be OK for Ubuntu packages.  Get back to me if you want
> more info.  I have a few notes, but memory is less certain after over a
> year.