Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-23 Thread Francesco Pietra
--- Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 00:32 -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > I am now at such cases for amd64 (dual core opterons) > > with OpenMPI (a parallelization support) and Amber (a > > molecular dynamics package), which I wish to compile > > with my installe

Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-23 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 23 June 2007 at 09:31, Ross Boylan wrote: | On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 00:32 -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: | > I am now at such cases for amd64 (dual core opterons) | > with OpenMPI (a parallelization support) and Amber (a | > molecular dynamics package), which I wish to compile | > with my install

Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-23 Thread Ross Boylan
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 00:32 -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > I am now at such cases for amd64 (dual core opterons) > with OpenMPI (a parallelization support) and Amber (a > molecular dynamics package), which I wish to compile > with my installed intel fortran and c. I can't help with your problem,

Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-23 Thread Chris Ahlstrom
* Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-06-23 14:31:35 +]: > On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:20:10 +0200, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > > > I need one more crash: what package gives one "dh_make"? > > Behold: dh-make > > http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/dh-make Silly me, I was searching aptit

Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:20:10 +0200, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > I need one more crash: what package gives one "dh_make"? Behold: dh-make http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/dh-make -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-23 Thread Chris Ahlstrom
* Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-06-22 20:59:44 +]: > Ditch checkinstall and learn the debian way. In particular: > > $ tar -xzvf foo.tar.gz > $ cd foo > $ ./configure --your-pretty-options > $ make --your-pretty-options > [if everything goes according to the plan] > $ dh_make --cr

Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:40:08 +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > (1) Which the reason for removing "checkinstall" from "etch", in view of > my reasons above? I don't know, but I'd be more than sure that there are good reasons. > (2) How to remedy? Ditch checkinstall and learn the debian way. In pa

checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-22 Thread Francesco Pietra
In this early stage of "lenny", using both amd64 and i386 for biochemical computation I preferred to stay at "etch". Though, my machines - even the parallel amd64 one - are no typical server. That is, I need from time to time to install packages that are not on Debian distribution (or not GNU at al