[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Problem with installing a converted .deb package
From: Jan Jansen janjansenbe at gmail.comDate: Sat Aug 19 17:11:39 EEST 2006
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Thanks Olivier, Indeed, I had to change the section part in the control file. Section: user/Commandline Cheers, Jan On 8/17/06, Olivier ROLAND <olivier.roland at laposte.net> wrote: > > 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> > 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$ > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers at maemo.orghttps://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers at maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/attachments/20060819/2ec1ecfc/attachment.htm
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