To reproduce this bug: 1. Download test tarball which contains trivial kernel module, Makefile and dkms.conf wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dkms/+bug/989998/+attachment/3217817/+files/bug989998_test.tbz
2. Untar and put into /usr/src sudo tar -C /usr/src -xvf bug989998_test.tbz 3. Try to build .deb for cmd in add build mktarball mkdeb; do sudo dkms $cmd bug989998/0.0; done Observe mkdeb step fail: ... Copying DKMS tarball into DKMS tree... Building binary package.../usr/sbin/dkms: line 81: dpkg-buildpackage: command not found (bad exit status: 127) Error! There was a problem creating your deb. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989998 Title: incomplete dkms package dependencies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dkms/+bug/989998/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs