Maybe I'll have to install the whole compiling overhead on the production server :/
My other server won't start any more - and fault finding based on dad's error descriptions is a challenge, even though he's gotten real good at that stuff. Will keep you posted.
It's quite easy to get libs installed on linux and compile the source. Only one special thing is db48, which is probably now unavailable to debian; however, it's quite easy to compile it, and tell ./configure where to look for db48.
It's also possible to run ubuntu binary on debian; again all matters are where to find the libs. Use "ldd" to find out what's missing, and install them or use symbol link to sort out things would make it work, though I do recommend compiling the source directly.
I can compile a binary with db48 statically linked on my debian box if one needs that and also I have to find a time. Let me know if this is needed.