Debootstrapping karmic powerpc arch results in error?

Question

I'm trying to retrieve the powerpc arch of Karmic Koala with the following command:

sudo debootstrap --arch powerpc karmic /home/xbmc/karmic http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu

However, I get the following error:

E: No such script: /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/karmic

I used the debootstrap from the official repo:

debootstrap --version
debootstrap 1.0.12

Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

This user found a solution on LinuxQuestions.org.

• To avoid the missing script, create a symbolic link to one of the existing scripts. Another user suggested linking to the gutsy script, and apparently that worked:

  cd /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts
  ln -s gutsy karmic
  

• The mirror used in the debootstrap commandline (http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu) is wrong, since that mirror only includes x86/x64 packages. Instead, http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports should be used. This user also needed the --foreign option. The final command is:

  debootstrap --foreign --arch=powerpc karmic /mnt/ubuntu http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports