It works as a workaround, but the quality of the upstream package is bad: $ lintian Downloads/scala-2.11.0.deb W: scala: control-file-is-empty conffiles W: scala: copyright-without-copyright-notice E: scala: description-starts-with-package-name E: scala: maintainer-address-missing LAMP/EPFL and Typesafe, Inc. E: scala: depends-on-obsolete-package depends: openjdk-6-jre W: scala: symlink-should-be-relative usr/bin/fsc /usr/share/scala/bin/fsc W: scala: symlink-should-be-relative usr/bin/scala /usr/share/scala/bin/scala W: scala: symlink-should-be-relative usr/bin/scalac /usr/share/scala/bin/scalac W: scala: symlink-should-be-relative usr/bin/scaladoc /usr/share/scala/bin/scaladoc W: scala: symlink-should-be-relative usr/bin/scalap /usr/share/scala/bin/scalap W: scala: extra-license-file usr/share/doc/scala/LICENSE.md W: scala: extra-license-file usr/share/doc/scala/License.rtf W: scala: embedded-javascript-library usr/share/doc/scala/api/scala-compiler/lib/jquery.js
After that, Lintian just hangs (which makes it impossible to install it using software center). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1126035 Title: Scala 2.10.0 needs packaging To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scala/+bug/1126035/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
