> > On Sat, 6 Dec 2014, James Harper <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am running Debian Jessie and want to install the latest Zabbix server > > package. It is packaged in zabbix's own repository, as Debian doesn't yet > > package the latest version. > > > > Because the Zabbix provided package is built against Wheezy, it depends > on > > libsnmp15, which isn't available in Jessie. I used equivs to build a dummy > > package, but libsnmp30 is flagged as breaking libsnmp15, so my dummy > > package won't install. > > > > Any suggestions on how I can get around this, without building from > source? > > I'm hoping I could put some flags in my dummy libsnmp15 package that > would > > allow it to install despite the flags in libsnmp30 that say it can't. > > > > I'm reluctant to use override flags for installing because they just come > > back and bite later on. > > All these things you are describing with dummy packages don't seem likely to > result in a reliable working system. Why is it so difficult to rebuild Zabbix > from source? > > Is there some bigger problem here you didn't mention? >
Looking for an easy way out :) I ended up rebuilding from source, but it required a bit of extra work (control file edits mainly) to make it happen under Jessie. All good now. Graphs look beautiful. Thanks James _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
