[mosh-devel] error when installing mosh on debian unstable -- mosh won't run

[Anders Kaseorg]

On Sat, 5 Sep 2015, Laura Creighton wrote:
> Preparing to unpack .../mosh_1.2.5-1+b1_amd64.deb ...
> dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> 
> <relation> <version>

This is a bug.  However, it’s not fatal in this case.

> lac at smartwheels:~$ mosh fido.openend.se
> lac at fido.openend.se's password:  <I type this>
> bash: mosh-server: command not found
> Connection to fido.openend.se closed.
> /usr/bin/mosh: Did not find mosh server startup message.

You need to install mosh on both the client and the server to make a 
connection.

Anders