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Packages required on a build system

Certain packages are required to be installed on the build system. You can install these packages using the following command:

sudo apt-get install git-core debhelper build-essential fakeroot kernel-wedge 

Optionally you may also install the following packages that might help debuild to function flawlessly.

sudo apt-get ccache devscripts xmlto docbook-utils gs transfig sharutils