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[Bug 1904750] [NEW] Package "debhelper" is required to run command "debuild" in 20.04

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From: John Liu <1904750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:50:09 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1904750 <1904750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Public bug reported:

I'm following the Packaging Guide and when I first try to run command
`debuild -S -d -us -uc`, some error occurred:

```
$ debuild -S -d -us -uc
 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui -S -d
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package hello
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 2.10-2johnliu1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution focal
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by John Liu <johnliu@johnliu-ubuntu-2004-vm>
 dpkg-source --before-build .
 debian/rules clean
dh clean
make: dh: Command not found
make: *** [debian/rules:3: clean] Error 127
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules clean subprocess returned exit status 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1182:
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui -S -d failed
```

It turns out I need to install package "debhelper", but it's not listed
in section "2.1. Install basic packaging software". I'm running minimal
installed 20.04, not quite sure if it's related.

** Affects: ubuntu-packaging-guide
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Package "debhelper" is required to run command "debuild" in 20.04

Status in Ubuntu Packaging Guide:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm following the Packaging Guide and when I first try to run command
  `debuild -S -d -us -uc`, some error occurred:

  ```
  $ debuild -S -d -us -uc
   dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui -S -d
  dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package hello
  dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 2.10-2johnliu1
  dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution focal
  dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by John Liu <johnliu@johnliu-ubuntu-2004-vm>
   dpkg-source --before-build .
   debian/rules clean
  dh clean
  make: dh: Command not found
  make: *** [debian/rules:3: clean] Error 127
  dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules clean subprocess returned exit status 2
  debuild: fatal error at line 1182:
  dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui -S -d failed
  ```

  It turns out I need to install package "debhelper", but it's not
  listed in section "2.1. Install basic packaging software". I'm running
  minimal installed 20.04, not quite sure if it's related.

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