equivs-build: command not found

Have You tried accessing the binary with the full path?

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/equivs-build - from package: equivs

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