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[ Source: debhelper  ]

Package: debhelper (4.2.32)

helper programs for debian/rules

A collection of programs that can be used in a debian/rules file to automate common tasks related to building debian packages. Programs are included to install various files into your package, compress files, fix file permissions, integrate your package with the debian menu system, debconf, doc-base, etc. Most debian packages use debhelper as part of their build process.

Other Packages Related to debhelper

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: binutils
    The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
  • dep: coreutils
    The GNU core utilities
    or fileutils (>= 4.0-2.1)
    The GNU file management utilities (transitional package)
    also a virtual package provided by coreutils
  • dep: debconf-utils (>= 1.1.1)
    debconf utilities
  • dep: dpkg-dev (>= 1.7.0)
    Package building tools for Debian
  • dep: file (>= 3.23-1)
    Determines file type using "magic" numbers
  • dep: html2text
    An advanced HTML to text converter
  • dep: perl (>= 5.6.0-16)
    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
  • dep: po-debconf
    manage translated Debconf templates files with gettext
  • sug: dh-make
    tool that converts source archives into Debian package source

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