Re: Solaris-Debian Installation Instructions and FTP site
Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Problems:
>
> A. Lots
>
> B. Functioning of dpkg or debmake depends on the presence of a bunch
> of freeware packages which are not yet available for SunOS.
> I am running quite a number from opcom.sun.ca:/pub/freeware to
> make do for now.
>
> C. By installing dpkg you are running two conflicting package
> managers on the same machine. Installing debian packages
> will replace SunOS binaries! Usually Freeware is much better
> than SunOS but there might be incompatibilities.
>
> D. Most packages under Linux assume that /bin/sh = /bin/bash.
> This is not true under Solaris and might cause some problems.
> Make sure that you have bash-2.0 installed in /bin/bash!
E. The packages have the same names as the packages for the Linux
kernel. (i.e. sparcLinux)
Steve
dunham@cps.msu.edu
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