Re: 64 bit java?
Most likely not. His error message is the exact error message one would get with these specifiers missing.
ppc64 and powerpc packages are on different FTP servers, hence the arch specifiers are necessary.
Adrian
> On Mar 29, 2017, at 9:04 AM, Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> wrote:
>
> Have you already added [arch=powerpc] to the other deb lines? (not deb-src lines)
>
> -- Christian
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 29 Mar 2017, at 01:55, Adam Stouffer <adamstouffer13@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 5:37 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
>> <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>> Hi Adam!
>>>
>>>
>>> That's the architecture of your kernel. If your machine is capable of running
>>> 64-bit code, debian-installer will install a 64-bit kernel. Your userland, i.e.
>>> all applications, are still 32-bit.
>>>
>>> See the output of:
>>>
>>> $ dpkg --print-architecture
>>>
>>>> Is there a 64 bit build?
>>>
>>> You need to add ppc64 as a Multi-Arch architecture by adding the following
>>> line to your sources.list:
>>>
>>> deb [arch=ppc64] http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
>>> deb [arch=ppc64] http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main
>>> deb [arch=ppc64] http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
>>>
>>> All other deb lines (not deb-src lines) need to have [arch=powerpc] added.
>>>
>>> Then install the debian-ports-archive-keyring package and run:
>>>
>>> # dpkg --add-architecture ppc64
>>>
>>> Then:
>>>
>>> # apt update
>>
>> Ok so far so good. Here is where I run into a problem.
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease Unable to
>> find expected entry 'main/binary-ppc64/Packages' in Release file
>> (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://ftp-nyc.osuosl.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/InRelease
>> Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-ppc64/Packages' in Release
>> file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch Unable to find expected entry
>> 'main/binary-ppc64/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry
>> or malformed file)
>>
>> The (In)Release files don't have listings for ppc64 packages, only
>> ppc64el. I found two mirrors with those listings and edited the
>> sources.list file. However it's still looking in the wrong place.
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://mirror.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/debian/dists/jessie-updates/InRelease
>> Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-ppc64/Packages' in Release
>> file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
>>
>> That InRelease file has no ppc64/Packages listing but this Release
>> file does http://mirror.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/debian-ports/debian/dists/sid/Release
>>
>> A bit confused at the moment...
>>
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