Re: ckermit debian package is not .deb! How will I install it?

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

wieseltux23 wrote:
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> On Mon, 16 May 2005 16:40:51 +0530
> Siju George <sgeorge.ml@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 5/13/05, Jochen Schulz <usenet-nospam@well-adjusted.de> wrote:
> > > * Siju George:
> > > > If I download the ckermit debian package from
> > > >
> > > > ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/bin/cku209.linux-i386-db3.0
> > > >
> > > > how would i install it in debian??
> > > This looks like an executable binary. You can just download it, make it
> > > executable (with a file manager or on the console with 'chmod 755
> > > /path/to/file'. But I suggest you use apt instead.
> > >
> > > > it doesnot see to be a .deb package
> > > Correct.
> > >
> > > > I am not able to install ckermit using
> > > >
> > > > #apt-get install ckermit
> > > >
> > > > because I chose "no" while I was asked about instaling non-free
> > > > software while configuring apt during debian install. How do I change
> > > > that??
> > > Open your /etc/apt/sources.list with a text editor. You most probably
> > > have lines like these (mirror or distribution may differ):
> > >
> > > deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/       sarge           main contrib
> > >
> > > Just add the word 'non-free' after 'main contrib' in all lines and try
> > > an 'apt-get update'. If you get some 404 Errors, remove non-free from
> > > the offending lines.
> > Thankyou so much Jochen :-)
> >
> > kind regards
> >
> > Siju

C-Kermit 2.11 .debs are in ftp://ftp.columbia.edu/kermit/archives
Just download the appropriate one and use "dpkg -i" to install it.

Otherwise, if you want to use the "latest and greatest" C-Kermit, and 
have gcc installed, you can grab 
ftp://ftp.columbia.edu/kermit/test/tar/x.tar.gz then compile an 
appropriate Linux target.

I have libssl-dev, zlib1g-dev, libpam0g-dev, checkinstall installed and 
edit the C-Kermit makefile to install to /usr, man pages in 
/usr/share/man, plus
SLLIB=-L$(sslroot)/lib/ssl
SSLINC=-I$(sslroot)/include/openssl

add:

 -DOPENSSL_097

to CFLAGS in my makefile target

and run:

make linux+openssl+zlib+shadow+pam

then as root:

checkinstall make install

The example above creates a binary which can be used as a telnet-ssl 
client with the telnetd-ssl package available in Debian.

I'm not a C programmer, but I've never had to alter more than a few 
makefile lines as above to compile C-Kermit under Debian.

Arthur.