On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 05:30:33PM +0200, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Hi: > > As no clues arrive from the package web site, may I ask if the > > following problems may derive from my bad management of the OS? > > > > Task: install octopus on a multisocket dual-opteron 875, OS = debian > > amd64 lenny (octopus is a molecular computational program). > > > > > > 1) downloaded octopus-3.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm. > > > > 2) #alien -k --scripts octopus-3.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm (which reported no > > errors). > There are no any guarantees that converted packages will work. Better try to > find Debian > package if possible.
Hmm, further upstream seems to ship a own debian/ directory with 3.0.1 tar.gz, maybe it can build fine. You can also fill a RFP (use package wnpp) for octopus. Kind regards Salvatore -- .-. oo| Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom ---------------------- /`'\ GPG key ID: 0x518DA394 http://arda.homelinux.org/~salvi/ (\_;/) Fingerprint: 346C D422 1366 FA52 D898 5666 BD45 6753 518D A394
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