Hello Xapianistas, I'm having trouble installing the libs for Xapian on a debian etch box , there seem to be packages for libxapian-perl for other versions of debian and for ubuntu but not for etch. i tried building my own using the source from the sid archive but there seems to be a version jump in the backend libs that stops this working. Our build/deployment policy specifies the use of debs and so i really need a deb to use xapian , has anyone made one that they could share or could anyone offer advice on how to overcome the differences ? I am happy to help with deb building in future although i might need a bit of assistance to get started . Toodle-pip Amias
Amias Channer wrote:> I'm having trouble installing the libs for Xapian on a debian etch box , > there seem to be packages for libxapian-perl for other versions of debian > and for ubuntu but not for etch.Do you mean libsearch-xapian-perl? I'm using 1.0.5 fine on etch for TheyWorkForYou; looks like I simply made it using dh-make-perl on a sarge machine, and that installs fine (for us) on an etch machine. You could add debian.mysociety.org to your sources.list? :) I see there's also an etch backport of 1.0.4 at http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/libsearch-xapian-perl ATB, Matthew> i tried building my own using the source from the sid archive but there seems > to be a version jump in the backend libs that stops this working.