Nope. The deb format is simply a tar.gz file with an associated description file. There's no source to compile. If you can get a binary of dpkg for ARM (it's in base.tgz), you can use it to install the binary deb packages.
It's a little scary, but there's no compilation involved -- unless you want there to be.
I'll put some information on
my website about how to get a basic Debian installation on the player at some point soon.
Roger - not necessarily speaking for empeg
Edited by Roger on 10/04/01 11:26 AM.