[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Problems installing Scratchbox

[From: Levi Bard]

> As an aside , installing xephyr on Debian from unstable seems to be a complete non-starter without ripping out all of your other x apps and windowing system and a replacing a whole host of other packages as well. So I tried XNest instead which has the benefit of being installable and working. Unfortunately not being able to find ab-sh-init.sh renders this all a bit redundant.

This is contrary to my experience.  I was able to install xephyr on
debian/sid with zero problems ( apt-get install xserver-xephyr ).

> I also found that the installation script fails on debian when trying to add the scratchbox user if the user is already a valid unix user. Well duh! It doesn't look to me like it causes any problems - it's the last step in the process - but even so, does it imply I should be sticking to Ubuntu?

This is also contrary to my experience - I used my normal username (on
debian/sid) for my scratchbox, and it was perfectly happy.  I haven't
used the very latest installation script, however, so this behavior
may have changed.

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Just stop and take your secret journey, you will be a new box. --Leeta
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html