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> 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: #!/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 ## <a name="SSH_not_working"> </a> SSH not working You must set up the [[translator/random]] device first. ## <a name="An_X_package_hangs_at_startup_wi"> An X package hangs at startup without error messages </a> Observed with GTK programs like xchat, synaptic, inkscape. It is an issue with libpthread that (as of 04 Feb 2007) is still unresolved. Sorry. ## <a name="Borked_fonts_on_GTK_app"> </a> Borked fonts on GTK app This is related to issues in Pango. * Install pango-dev package * Run as root: pango-querymodules > /etc/pango/pango.modules ## <a name="Installing_a_package_seems_to_ha"> Installing a package seems to hang forever </a> There are various reasons for this. * If interrupting the process with ctrl-c gives a line like that: File "/usr/lib/python2.4/os.py", line 723, in urandom bytes += read(_urandomfd, n - len(bytes)) KeyboardInterrupt it is the random device fault. Follow the [[translator/random]] guide. If you already did, try _anyway_ to detach and reattach the translators. ## <a name="Cannot_compile_even_trivial_C_pr"> Cannot compile even trivial C programs </a> Check to have installed the following: apt-get install build-essential apt-get install libc-dev