[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Problem with installing a converted .deb package

[From: Jan Jansen]

Hi,

I have ported successfully the command-line package pwgen (pwgen - generate
pronounceable passwords), a command-line password generation tool.

I have downloaded the corresponding debian package pwgen_2.05-1_armel.deb
onto my Nokia 770. However when trying to use the 'installer' (Tools -
Application Manager - Package - Install from file...),  I found following
information in the Package details, tab common :

Status: not installable
Category: admin

In the tab Problems is mentioned Unable to install. Incompatible package.

However, when I use an xterm and try to install the package as root, with
dpkg --install the installation proces is working fine, and the package is
correctly installed.

My question : what did I do wrong that the package isn't installable via the
application installer ?
Did I have to change things in the Debian control files ? Does anybody have
any idea what could be the reason ?

Thanks, Jan

Appendix :

jan at laptop:~/tmp$ dpkg --info pwgen_2.05-1_armel.deb
 nieuw debian pakket, versie 2.0.
 grootte 19934 bytes: besturingsarchief= 678 bytes.
     515 bytes,    14 regels     control
     317 bytes,     5 regels     md5sums
 Package: pwgen
 Version: 2.05-1
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: armel
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1)
 Installed-Size: 80
 Maintainer: Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso at mit.edu>
 Description: Automatic Password generation
  pwgen generates random, meaningless but pronounceable passwords.
  These passwords contain either only lowercase letters, or upper
  and lower case mixed, or digits thrown in.
  Uppercase letters and digits are placed in a way that eases
  remembering their position when memorizing only the word.
jan at laptop:~/tmp$

jan at laptop:~/tmp$ dpkg --contents pwgen_2.05-1_armel.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     22764 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/bin/pwgen
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/sbin/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/share/man/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/share/man/man1/
-rw-r--r-- root/root      1940 2006-08-16 21:58
./usr/share/man/man1/pwgen.1.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2006-08-16 21:58 ./usr/share/doc/pwgen/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       262 2005-06-14 20:36
./usr/share/doc/pwgen/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root      1698 2006-01-16 05:19
./usr/share/doc/pwgen/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root      3219 2006-01-16 05:19
./usr/share/doc/pwgen/changelog.Debian.gz
jan at laptop:~/tmp$
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