[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#499918: Bug#499918: Bug#499918: Bug#499918: octave-vrml: "freewrl" is not packaged in Debian

Thomas Weber thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com
Wed Sep 24 07:15:13 UTC 2008


Am Mittwoch, den 24.09.2008, 08:38 +0200 schrieb Thomas Weber:
> Am Dienstag, den 23.09.2008, 22:30 +0200 schrieb Thomas Weber:
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 06:30:37PM +0200, Dietrich.Brunn at pruftechnik.com wrote:
> > > Package: octave-vrml
> > > Version: 1.0.6-2
> > > Severity: serious
> > > Justification: Policy 3.5
> > > 
> > > When calling a vrml function from octave the error
> > >   sh: freewrl: command not found
> > >   cmd = freewrl        /tmp/octave_vrml_output.wrl
> > >   vrml_browse : Can't start browser 'freewrl'. Is it installed?
> > > occurs. I could not find a package in Debian which contains freewrl.
> > > 
> > > Possible solutions:
> > > - Modify this error message, so it contains a link, where to download 
> > > freewrl
> > >   & update Package description.
> > > - A not so nice, but working replacement for freewrl is whitedune
> 
> I've overlooked this one; that might be an option.

I've asked upstream if whitedune is a suitable replacement for freewrl.
Let's see what they think.

	Thomas






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