# Building a debian package from sources
**URL:** https://discuss.konghq.com/t/building-a-debian-package-from-sources/11828
**Category:** General
**Created:** [August 28, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/building-a-debian-package-from-sources/11828 "2023-08-28T12:07:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Alon\_Leshem](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Alon_Leshem)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/building-a-debian-package-from-sources/11828/1 "2023-08-28T12:07:36Z")
Following the guide [here](https://github.com/Kong/kong/blob/master/DEVELOPER.md) I’m trying to build a debian package and get the following error:
```auto
ERROR: /kong/BUILD.bazel:34:9: nFPM pkg/kong.amd64.deb failed: (Exit 1): bash failed: error executing command (from target //:kong_deb)
(cd /root/.cache/bazel/_bazel_root/d5742f123fe1fc789bc2468bf73ca667/execroot/kong && \
exec env - \
ARCH=amd64 \
ATC_ROUTER_VERSION=1.0.5 \
BAZEL_BUILD=1 \
BUILD_DESTDIR=/kong/bazel-bin/build/kong-dev \
BUILD_NAME=kong-dev \
DOCKER_KONG_VERSION=3.0.0 \
INSTALL_DESTDIR=/usr/local \
KONG_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=4.42.0 \
KONG_CONFLICTS=kong-enterprise-edition \
KONG_CONFLICTS_1=kong-community-edition \
KONG_CONFLICTS_2=kong-enterprise-edition-fips \
KONG_LICENSE=Apache-2.0 \
KONG_NAME=kong \
KONG_NGINX_MODULE_BRANCH=0.6.0 \
KONG_PACKAGE_NAME=kong \
KONG_REPLACES_1=kong-community-edition \
KONG_REPLACES_2=kong-enterprise-edition-fips \
KONG_VERSION=3.3.0 \
LIBYAML_VERSION=0.2.5 \
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='' \
NPROC=20 \
OPENRESTY_PATCHES='' \
PATH=/root/.cache/bazelisk/downloads/bazelbuild/bazel-6.0.0-linux-x86_64/bin:bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin \
RESTY_EVENTS_VERSION=0.1.4 \
RESTY_LMDB_VERSION=1.1.0 \
RESTY_LUAROCKS_VERSION=3.9.2 \
RESTY_OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1t \
RESTY_PCRE_VERSION=8.45 \
RESTY_VERSION=1.21.4.1 \
RESTY_WEBSOCKET_VERSION=0.4.0 \
WORKSPACE_PATH=/kong \
/bin/bash -c 'ln -sf /kong/bazel-bin/build/kong-dev nfpm-prefix; external/nfpm/nfpm $@' '' pkg -f build/package/nfpm.yaml -p deb -t bazel-out/k8-opt/bin/pkg/kong.amd64.deb)
# Configuration: 84ef30a57379b5cce29d5fd57de27afa183a44b18ad8dd846bd225f21cb75687
# Execution platform: @local_config_platform//:host
using deb packager...
matching "./nfpm-prefix/bin": file does not exist
Target //:kong_deb failed to build
(14:29:55) INFO: Elapsed time: 149.598s, Critical Path: 0.04s
(14:29:55) INFO: 2 processes: 2 internal.
(14:29:55) FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully
```
any idea why?
---
### Author:  [@asteinmetzler](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/asteinmetzler)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/building-a-debian-package-from-sources/11828/2 "2024-04-06T09:06:50Z")
> [@Alon\_Leshem](#):
>
> `matching "./nfpm-prefix/bin": file does not exist`
This is addressed in the following Github issue:
>
>
> \### Is there an existing issue for this?
>
> \- \[X\] I have searched the existing i…ssues
>
> \### Kong version (\`$ kong version\`)
>
> 3.4.0
>
> \### Current Behavior
>
> (cd /root/.cache/bazel/\_bazel\_root/f650c4bfc280c84099c51531ad20bcd7/execroot/kong && \\
> exec env - \\
> ARCH=amd64 \\
> ATC\_ROUTER=b0d5e7e2a2ca59bb051959385d3e42d96c93bb98 \\
> BAZEL\_BUILD=1 \\
> BUILD\_DESTDIR=/data/keendata/kdp-package/kdp-kong/bazel-bin/build/kong-dev \\
> BUILD\_NAME=kong-dev \\
> INSTALL\_DESTDIR=/usr/local \\
> KONG\_CONFLICTS\_1=kong-community-edition \\
> KONG\_CONFLICTS\_2=kong-enterprise-edition-fips \\
> KONG\_MANAGER=v3.4.0.0 \\
> KONG\_NAME=kong \\
> KONG\_PACKAGE\_NAME=kong \\
> KONG\_REPLACES\_1=kong-community-edition \\
> KONG\_REPLACES\_2=kong-enterprise-edition-fips \\
> KONG\_VERSION=3.4.0 \\
> LUAROCKS=3.9.2 \\
> LUA\_KONG\_NGINX\_MODULE=4d19e8d19c6dbc07eba5cf6f5ebacad95266f928 \\
> LUA\_RESTY\_EVENTS=8448a92cec36ac04ea522e78f6496ba03c9b1fd8 \\
> LUA\_RESTY\_LMDB=951926f20b674a0622236a0e331b359df1c02d9b \\
> LUA\_RESTY\_WEBSOCKET=60eafc3d7153bceb16e6327074e0afc3d94b1316 \\
> MACOSX\_DEPLOYMENT\_TARGET='' \\
> NGX\_WASM\_MODULE=prerelease-0.1.0 \\
> NPROC=4 \\
> OPENRESTY=1.21.4.1 \\
> OPENRESTY\_PATCHES='' \\
> OPENSSL=3.1.1 \\
> PCRE=8.45 \\
> RPM\_EXTRA\_DEPS=hostname \\
> V8=10.5.18 \\
> V8\_OS=linux \\
> WASMER=3.1.1 \\
> WASMER\_OS=linux \\
> WASMTIME=8.0.1 \\
> WASMTIME\_OS=linux \\
> WORKSPACE\_PATH=/data/keendata/kdp-package/kdp-kong \\
> /bin/bash -c 'ln -sf /data/keendata/kdp-package/kdp-kong/bazel-bin/build/kong-dev nfpm-prefix; external/nfpm/nfpm $@' '' pkg -f build/package/nfpm.yaml -p rpm -t bazel-out/k8-opt/bin/pkg/kong.el7.amd64.rpm)
>
> using rpm packager...
> matching "./nfpm-prefix/bin": file does not exist
> Target //:kong\_el7 failed to build
> (22:33:30) INFO: Elapsed time: 0.536s, Critical Path: 0.01s
> (22:33:30) INFO: 2 processes: 2 internal.
> (22:33:30) FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully
>
> \### Expected Behavior
>
> \_No response\_
>
> \### Steps To Reproduce
>
> \_No response\_
>
> \### Anything else?
>
> \_No response\_