Re: problem with lesstif2 installation

[Patrick Baggett <baggett.patrick@gmail.com>]

OK, so you have both libraries meaning then at least it appears you should be able to run an application based on lesstif2, right?

Also, 620414 / 1024 is ~ 605.87, which could be rounded to 606KB. I download one via HTTP. I see a size of 623092, which is 608.48, rounds down to 608KB.

 

 I'm not sure what apt-get does to verify, but it probably does some kind of verification. You can check the MD5 sum easily though:

$ md5sum file.deb

I've never used "wc -c" to list a file size; I'm not sure if it has other semantics. It's coming up close what you're expecting, so maybe it does something like skip certain bytes in the file? 'ls -l' will display the file size for sure.

Patrick

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> wrote:

Hi Patrick,
I have both library files.
I don't know how to check the MD5 sum.  I assume apt-get would do that before install.
The .deb file I downloaded by ftp has a size of 620414  (using wc -c).
The file at your link http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/sparc/lesstif2 has a size of 608.5 kB.
The package at the Debian ftp site which is where apt-get got what it installed is listed as 606kB.
So, I don't really know what size it actually is!
Best regards,
Fred

On 01/14/2013 12:19 PM, Patrick Baggett wrote:

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/sparc/lesstif2/filelist

(From http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/sparc/lesstif2)

It looks like it has *.so files in the package. I just downloaded it and the size of the *.deb matches the site.

Maybe you can do some checking?
1) Do you not have /usr/lib/libXm.so.2 or libMrm.so.2?
2) Does your *.deb package match the expected file size?
3) If you download the package directly from the site, does the MD5 sum match the package you have locally?

If all else fails, you can open a bug for it or email the maintainer to see if there are any sparc-specific changes that might have results in a bad package.

Patrick

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Fred <fred@blakemfg.com <mailto:fred@blakemfg.com>> wrote:

    Hello,

    I am working with Debian Squeeze on a Sun Ultra 5 and am having
    trouble installing lesstif2-0.95.2-1.1.  The package appears to
    install ok but no files are actually written.  I have an x86 PC
    also with Debian 6.0 and lesstif2 installed so I can see what
    files are involved and where they should be.  None of them exists
    on the Sun.  I had the same problem installing the previous
    version of lesstif2 (without the -1) from a DVD set.  What to do?

    Best regards,
    Fred


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