Can't install on Debian Etch

[dmytro]

I try to install DirectAdmin on Debian Etch, but I got an error, and installation script stopped.

The last actions made by installation script:

wget does not support https.  Downloading a new wget for you from http://files.directadmin.com/services/debian_4.0/wget

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--05:14:51--  http://files.directadmin.com/services/debian_4.0/wget
           => `/usr/bin/wget2'
Визначення імені files.directadmin.com... 72.35.85.222
Connecting to files.directadmin.com|72.35.85.222|:80... під'єднано.
HTTP-запит надіслано, очікуєм відповіді... 200 OK
Довжина: 1.553.226 (1.5M) [text/plain]

100%[====================================>] 1.553.226    609.72K/s

05:14:54 (608.04 KB/s) - `/usr/bin/wget2' saved [1553226/1553226]

pausing for 2 seconds to let system find the new wget...
/usr/bin/wget: unrecognized option `--no-check-certificate'
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

Try `wget --help' for more options.
Unable to download /usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz

As I see, Debian is not good OS for DirectAdmin But probably somebody can help me, because I ordered license for Debian and I want to use it on Debian.

 

[czotos]

Simply re-run the "setup" script and that problem will go away...

The version of 'wget' the comes pre-installed with Debian does not have 'https' support, but if you re-run the DirectAdmin install/setup script, then it will download the correct version of 'wget'.

Well, this works for me at least...

 

[deepmind]

solution: workaround

DA guys should fix setup script where it cheks for wget version.
There is wget 1.10.2 on Etch by default, so no new version is needed.

just do

chattr +i /usr/bin/wget

DA setup script will not overwrite wget

 

[sday]

I get tired of seeing people say that, the version of wget in Debian does support https. The "Certificate verification" error message is a dead give-away. Just install ca-certificates and it'll work.

apt-get install ca-certificates

This should probably be included in the DA setup scripts. Where do we post to get the attention of the setup script maintainers. (can you tell I'm new here)

Also, while I'm typing: Is there some 'official' instructions for installing on Debian, without all that don't-use-custombuild or run-setup-again rubbish.