The current official debian package of dfsbuild (v0.99.2) is not working due to three ugly but small bugs. If you are using dfsbuild v0.99.2, then you should do the following: - create a new directory and change into it - apt-get source dfsbuild - apply all dfsbuild-bug-?.patch files to the source directory - debuild -uc -us - install the freshly built package Alternatively you could also install the patched version: packages/dfsbuild_0.99.2.1_i386.deb