This page reports known Hurd-specific bugs, quirks and corresponding solutions and workarounds with Debian GNU/Hurd package installation and working.
-## <a name="Dpkg_wants_external_programs_"> Dpkg wants external programs? </a>
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-It may be that dpkg wants external GNU/Linux-specific programs that it can't found or that just don't exist on the Hurd. You can trick dpkg by copying and running this script as root:
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- #!/bin/bash
- ln -s /sbin/ldconfig /bin/ldconfig
- ln -s /bin/true /bin/update-rc.d
- ln -s /bin/true /bin/start-stop-daemon
- ln -s /bin/true /bin/install-info
- ln -s /bin/true /bin/update-alternatives
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## <a name="SSH_not_working"> </a> SSH not working
You must set up the [[translator/random]] device first.
* Run as root:
pango-querymodules > /etc/pango/pango.modules
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-## <a name="Installing_a_package_seems_to_ha"> Installing a package seems to hang forever </a>
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-There are various reasons for this.
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-* If interrupting the process with ctrl-c gives a line like that:
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- File "/usr/lib/python2.4/os.py", line 723, in urandom
- bytes += read(_urandomfd, n - len(bytes))
- KeyboardInterrupt
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-it is the random device fault. Follow the [[translator/random]] guide. If you already did, try _anyway_ to detach and reattach the translators.
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-## <a name="Cannot_compile_even_trivial_C_pr"> Cannot compile even trivial C programs </a>
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-Check to have installed the following:
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- apt-get install build-essential
- apt-get install libc-dev