> > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to package my application together with a shared library that > > > I have written but run now into following error: > > > > > > > > > dpkg-shlibdeps: error: no dependency information found for > > > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkImageAnnotator.so.0.0.1 (used by > > > debian/ksnip/bin/ksnip) > > > Hint: check if the library actually comes from a package. > > > > > > > > > After searching for a solution, I saw that some folks suggest, as a > > > workaround, to add following to the rules: > > > > > > > > > override_dh_shlibdeps: > > > > > > dh_shlibdeps --dpkg-shlibdeps-params=--ignore-missing-info > > > > > > > > > Is that a correct approach or just a hack that could cause later on > > > problems? > > > > If you're only using the package internally, it's fine. > > > > If you're planning on offering the application to Debian or to > > the public, you should make a separate package for > > libkImageAnnotator or include it in this one formally. > > > > -dsr- > > Well, the .deb file is planned to be offered via my github release page, so I > guess it's going to be publicly available. What do you mean with "include it > in this one formally"? > Can you recommend any tutorial or simple example? I usually don't package > stuff so my knowledge about this topic is limited. > > Thanks for your feedback! > > Damir
Even with this option set, I'm still failing failing to start the application after installing from package, I get an error saying: error while loading shared libraries: libkImageAnnotator.so.0.0.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Any idea what the reason could be? The lib was installed under /usr/lib/
