Re: testing if Ubuntu deb file for ASCEND works in Debian....
From: Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net>
> I tried installing it on the i386 machine at work and I discovered that
it
> needs llibsundials-serial0, python-matplotlib python-numpy and
libktable.
> I couldn't find the sundial libraries anywhere in Synaptic in Etch 4.0
r(0)
> i386. Maybe they are there but under some different package name I
don't
> recognise. I couldn't see python-matplotlib or python-numpy in there
> either. I guess libktable might be part of tktable. I am not sure if
> tktable is around in i386 Etch.
> I am going to nose around on the internet and find individual deb files
for
> these packages and copy them on to a CDROM. I will take them to work
and
> manually install them on my machine with the dpkg command.
>
I tried installing the dependent deb files again today in an effort to
install ascend once more. It's a bit complicated to describe everything I
did. I went in the packages web page on the debian web site and got the
latest i386 versions of libsundials-serial0, pyhton numpy, libktable and
python-matplotlib. I then used the dpkg command to individually install
them. This seemed to stimulate Etch to "find" an older python-matplotlib on
the DVD install disks I have. Similarly, it seemed to all of a sudden be
able to find older versions of python numpy and even the python-numpy-ext
which I had not copied from the Debian packages web page and I certainly
couldn't find in Synaptic the other day when I looked for it on the same
machine. Go figure.... I had always thought that synaptic contained a list
of all the 18000 packages or whatever there are on the three install DVDs
and you could choose to install any one of them at will. But now it seems
it only shows a selection of them by default, not all of them. Perhaps you
could fill me in here.
If you try to install tktable it does not show up in Synaptic as a package.
It is a source package file, but the binary package is only for
libtktable2.9, not tktable....
I imported the latest libtktable from the debian package web pages and used
dpkg to install it. What was strange was that python-mapplotlib complained
that libtktable had not been installed....
Maybe there is some other tktable package that needs installing that I am
not aware of.
So I still haven't got ascend installed yet.
I need to learn a bit more about libtktable and tktable. libtktable is
termed a virtual package... What does that mean?
Comments appreciated.
Regards
Michael Fothergill
P.S. What is a pseudo package?
There is a psuedo-package in Debian called WNPP and you file a special
bug called an ITP or RFP. ITP is intent to package, meaning that you are
going to do it. RFP is request for package, meaning you want someone
else to do it. As usual, most packages require additional libraries or
software to work, so you may need to add a few more 'dependencies' and
file a few more RFP or ITP bugs. You can also look for
mentors.debian.net for some help with your packageing effort.
-K
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