dh_gencontrol: command not found

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/dh_gencontrol - from package: debhelper

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}

Error in other languages:
dh_gencontrol: bevel nie gevind nie
dh_gencontrol: comandă negăsită
dh_gencontrol: comando não encontrado
dh_gencontrol: commande introuvable
dh_gencontrol: command not found
dh_gencontrol: käsku ei ole
dh_gencontrol: không tìm thấy lệnh
dh_gencontrol: komanda nerasta
dh_gencontrol: Kommando nicht gefunden.
dh_gencontrol: kommandot finns inte
dh_gencontrol: komut yok
dh_gencontrol: nie znaleziono polecenia
dh_gencontrol: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
dh_gencontrol: no se encontró la orden
dh_gencontrol: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
dh_gencontrol: opdracht niet gevonden
dh_gencontrol: parancs nem található
dh_gencontrol: perintah tidak ditemukan
dh_gencontrol: príkaz nenájdený
dh_gencontrol: příkaz nenalezen
dh_gencontrol: команда не найдена
dh_gencontrol: командата не е открита
dh_gencontrol: 命令找不到
dh_gencontrol: コマンドが見つかりません