On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:36:59 +0100 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I repeated > > dpkg -i /home/richard/Downloads/amaya_11.4.7-1_i386.deb > > followed by > > apt-get -f install > > with the same result ; > > > If this app depends on ssl 0.98, it might have been working on jessy or > wheezy - it is very likely that it will have some other missing > features. > > better would be to install the system it was working on in chroot and > provide those dependencies, or better get a newer working version of the > application with correct dependencies. There is apparently no newer version available. And installing a new system for one single app sounds like considerable effort. Oddly, so far as I have followed this thread, no one seems to consider the possibility to try and compile the application from the sources. I wonder if the debian developers should quit shipping the build system when nobody wants to use it anyway ;-) Best regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. It [being a Vulcan] means to adopt a philosophy, a way of life which is logical and beneficial. We cannot disregard that philosophy merely for personal gain, no matter how important that gain might be. -- Spock, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4