Chris Cormack <chris@katipo.co.nz> writes:
I actually think the issue is that I am trying to install on an Alpha server and I need alpha packages. I believe the ftp.indexdata.dk/debian only has the i386 packages. Could somebody verify if this is correct and possibly point me into the right direction?
You are bang on, ive had this problem with with 64 bit computers too. Easiest thing to do is grab the source and build a debian package from it. Its all set up to do that you just cd to the untarred directory and run sudo dpkg-buildpackage -b
I'm in the same situation at the moment with a PowerPC, and need a bit more guidance. I downloaded yaz_2.1.8-1.tar.gz from http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yaz/debian/sarge to the "root" directory, unpacked it, changed to the directory "yaz-2.1.8" and typed "dpkg-buildpackage -b" (I was logged in as root from the beginning. The result was: ----- dpkg-buildpackage: source package is yaz dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 2.1.8-1 dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Adam Dickmeiss <adam@indexdata.dk> dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is powerpc dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: docbook-utils docbook docbook-xml docbook-dsssl jade jadetex libxml2-dev libssl-dev libreadline4-dev libwrap0-dev dpkg-buildpackage: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; aborting. dpkg-buildpackage: (Use -d flag to override.) ----- do I need to look for a different place for the source, or is there somethine else I'm missing that needs to be installed to meet these dependencies? Any help would be greatly appreciated.