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

[From: Olivier ROLAND]

Jan Jansen a écrit :
> 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 <mailto: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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You need to change the Section part in debian/control to user/something 
if you wan't to use the gui installer.
This is documented somewhere ...

My 2 cents

Olivier ROLAND
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