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How to install wvdial?

/home/user # apt-get install wvdial
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package wvdial

Do I need to install it using the package wvdial_1.61-4.1_armel.deb from the debian repos http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/wvdial?

Re: How to install wvdial?

Installing packages from Debian on Maemo isn't recommended.

Re: How to install wvdial?

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonwil (Post 1374344)

Installing packages from Debian on Maemo isn't recommended.

It's right

Code:

    /home/user/MyDocs # dpkg -i wvdial_1.61-4.1_armel.deb

    Selecting previously deselected package wvdial.

    (Reading database ... 23233 files and directories currently installed.)

    Unpacking wvdial (from wvdial_1.61-4.1_armel.deb) ...

    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wvdial:

    wvdial depends on ppp (>= 2.3.0); however:

    Package ppp is not installed.

    wvdial depends on debconf (>= 0.5.00) | cdebconf; however:

    Package debconf is not installed.

    Package cdebconf is not installed.

    wvdial depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0); however:

    Version of libstdc++6 on system is 4.2.1-4maemo13+0m5.

    wvdial depends on libuniconf4.6; however:

    Package libuniconf4.6 is not installed.

    wvdial depends on libwvstreams4.6-base; however:

    Package libwvstreams4.6-base is not installed.

    wvdial depends on libwvstreams4.6-extras; however:

    Package libwvstreams4.6-extras is not installed.

    dpkg: error processing wvdial (--install):

    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

    Errors were encountered while processing:

    wvdial

    /home/user/MyDocs #

Code:

/home/user # apt-get install ppp

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

The following NEW packages will be installed:

ppp

0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

Need to get 284kB of archives.

After this operation, 836kB of additional disk space will be used.

Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free ppp 2.4.5-4 [284kB]

Fetched 284kB in 1s (225kB/s)

Selecting previously deselected package ppp.

(Reading database ... 23241 files and directories currently installed.)

Unpacking ppp (from .../archives/ppp_2.4.5-4_armel.deb) ...

Setting up ppp (2.4.5-4) ...

Code:

/home/user # apt-get install wvdial

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Package wvdial is not available, but is referred to by another package.

This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or

is only available from another source

E: Package wvdial has no installation candidate

So how do you install it?

Re: How to install wvdial?

i have not seen wvdial available for maemo.
Some seems to have been trying to port it, but not sure if they succeeded.
Also not sure why you need it?

Re: How to install wvdial?

Anyway, if you type

apt-cache search vwdial

it will show which package is (if any) reffering to wvdial

Re: How to install wvdial?

Quote:

Originally Posted by nieldk (Post 1374365)

i have not seen wvdial available for maemo.
Some seems to have been trying to port it, but not sure if they succeeded.
Also not sure why you need it?

Someone already installed http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...5&postcount=15

I want to connect the USB modem Huawei with card with free access through an active hub.

Re: How to install wvdial?

well, you can try the deb you tried with dpkg -i, then try to locate the packages on which it depends (fx debconf). These are listed in your output from dpkg -i.
just a warning, it may very well break your system, resulting in a needed fresh system flash. Especially the dependencies on libc6 needs to be adressed with caution.
best, have a backup ready

Re: How to install wvdial?

Quote:

Originally Posted by nieldk (Post 1374379)

Someone used wvdial in Linux a version wvdial-1.60.tar.gz but in N9
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=88165
How to test it?

Re: How to install wvdial?

download the tarballs and compile it for Maemo ;)
seriously, not without a challenges.

Re: How to install wvdial?

Version 1.60.4 is not depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/wvdial.
How to compile it for Maemo?
I'm on a different computer Debian Wheezy. Unpack there the tar.gz?

Re: How to install wvdial?

several options when wanting to cross-compile.
Scratchbox being one.
For starters, you need it installed as described here on wiki pages, and on Nokia devsite http://developer.nokia.com/Community..._for_beginners

You can also try to download and install the version 1.60 from Debian, use armel version, together with the mentioned depndent libraries to install also.

Re: How to install wvdial?

Version 1.60 from Debian is not armel http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=wvdial.

What is a package pppoe-dialer?

Re: How to install wvdial?

Well, it is possible to get the debian binaries working. but, it is quite broken. And it will complain a lot afterwards. If you licate the armel binaries, install them, and manually create symlinks to ssl libraries (v1).

Not recommend.