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Originally Posted by isaacs View Post
+2 I can't get it to work either. I really would like to have it working. What is the deal with incompatible package error?
Isaac.S
It's because in the package control file 'Section' is set to 'utils', which won't work with the application manager. It only accepts Sections in 'user'.[*] There are three ways to fix it:

1) - The author modifies the control file and makes a new package
2) - or you install the existing one by downloading, sudo gainroot, dpkg -i gps_clockd_1.0-3_armel.deb
3) - or you try the modified package that I attach here (untested), which is the original but with a very small change: Section is now 'user/utils' instead of 'utils'.

EDIT: Footnote added:
[*] This need for the debian package section to be 'user' or 'user/*' is a specific OS200x/Application Manager issue, and not used by other Linux/Debian platforms. Presumably it's done this way as a method to "filter" packages that are allowed to be installed by the user vs. packages that can only be installed as superuser (root).
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File Type: deb gps_clockd_1.0-3_armel.deb (8.6 KB, 200 views)
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Last edited by TA-t3; 2008-04-03 at 20:00. Reason: Added footnote
 

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