Thanks for the reply, Simón. Comments in line. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Simón Ruiz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello! > > <IfItWereADebianPackage> > First of all, "sudo apt-get install package" goes out to the > repositories and finds the package, downloads and installs it. > > > The way to install a local Debian package (e.g.: you already have the > .deb package downloaded to your Desktop) is using "sudo dpkg -i > /path/to/package-file.deb" > Thanks for explaining, I can remember that. > </IfItWereADebianPackage> > > HOWEVER, the SMART software is *not* distributed as a Debian package, > the .package files they provide were intended to be opened using > Autopackage, http://autopackage.org/, though if you go to that URL, > you'll see the project has gone through some significant changes since > the last time I installed SMART software... > > Looks like you'll need to install Listaller; follow the link on the > above URL to the Listaller page, then click on the "Download" link. > They've got a Lucid package you can download and install. > I didn't get to the right page at first and tried to install/compile but got lost in a maze of dependencies--But I finally got to this page: http://listaller.nlinux.org/oldpage/getlistaller.html and installed the repository then used Synaptic to install it, simple. > > That looks like the first step in getting the SMART software installed, > now. > OK, now to step 2... I can't install it by just double clicking the package because it will try to install it into the 64 bit server and I need to install it into the 32 bit chroot. I couldn't figure out a command to install using Listaller into the chroot. Any ideas anyone? Thanks, David
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