Searching for app availability before install

2005-07-19 Thread Nigel Ridley
Hi, I just bought a new amd 64 based system and want to be able to check to see if my favorite apps are available prior to installing a 64 bit Debian system (Kanotix 64) -- if they are not then I will probably install a regular 32 bit system for just now. How can I check prior to the

Re: Searching for app availability before install

2005-07-19 Thread Mike Reinehr
Nigel, I think it's safe to say that almost all of the apps that are listed in the Debian package database are available for the AMD64 architecture, but there are some that can not be built for one reason or another. This link will point you to the packages file for the AMD64 version of Sarge:

Re: Searching for app availability before install

2005-07-19 Thread Alan Ianson
On Tue July 19 2005 10:03 am, Nigel Ridley wrote: Hi, I just bought a new amd 64 based system and want to be able to check to see if my favorite apps are available prior to installing a 64 bit Debian system (Kanotix 64) -- if they are not then I will probably install a regular 32 bit system

Re: Searching for app availability before install

2005-07-19 Thread tony mancill
Alan Ianson wrote: AFAIK, about 97% of the 32bit debian packages are available for amd64 and the rest are being worked on. There are only two packages I have missed (lha and cdrdao). BTW, cdrdao works fine on amd64, we're merely waiting (for the past 14 months) for the Debian maintainer to

Re: Searching for app availability before install

2005-07-19 Thread Nigel Ridley
Mike Reinehr wrote: Nigel, I think it's safe to say that almost all of the apps that are listed in the Debian package database are available for the AMD64 architecture, but there are some that can not be built for one reason or another. This link will point you to the packages file for the

Re: Searching for app availability before install

2005-07-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Nigel Ridley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I just bought a new amd 64 based system and want to be able to check to see if my favorite apps are available prior to installing a 64 bit Debian system (Kanotix 64) -- if they are not then I will probably install a regular 32 bit system for just