building dep with dpdk versions

I get this after I build the .deb files (on ubuntu 18.04 machines)

root@t7810-mate:~/github/glb-director/src/glb-director# gdebi *.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: dpdk (= 17.11.1-6)

leisner@t7810-mate:~/github/glb-director/src/glb-director$ pkg-config --modversion libdpdk
17.11.5

I assume since 17.11.5 is later than 17.11.1, it would work? it doesn't.
On a hunch, I changed 17.11.1-6 to 17.11.1 -- no difference.

Dependency is not satisfiable: dpdk (= 17.11.1)

Start by inspecting the dependency metadata generated in the .deb files and compare the declared dpdk version with the version reported by pkg-config on Ubuntu 18.04. Reproduce the install with gdebi and determine what dependency declaration lets the package install with the supported DPDK version.

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