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#1 2010-08-08 19:05:09

rohankolay
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can arch binaries be used for other distros

hi,
Can arch binaries be used for other linux distributions like slackware and ubuntu?

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#2 2010-08-08 19:08:52

cesura
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Re: can arch binaries be used for other distros

Do you mean Arch packages? Possibly, as long as the directory structure is the same (I.E. /etc/init.d vs /etc/rc.d).

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#3 2010-08-08 19:14:04

karol
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Re: can arch binaries be used for other distros

Do we have something that Slackware & Ubuntu don't?

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#4 2010-08-08 19:17:43

Acecero
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Re: can arch binaries be used for other distros

There was a community project that started a while ago where you can create packages for other distros in Arch called unipkg.

Though I don't know if there is any activity anymore...

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#5 2010-08-08 19:22:40

karol
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Re: can arch binaries be used for other distros

Acecero wrote:

There was a community project that started a while ago where you can create packages for other distros in Arch called unipkg.

Though I don't know if there is any activity anymore...

http://github.com/paradoq/unipkg looks quite fresh.

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#6 2010-08-08 19:26:04

loafer
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Re: can arch binaries be used for other distros

If a binary was built with "--prefix=/usr" would  it work with a distro that uses say "/usr/local/"?  It would break the distros standards just like installing to "/usr/local" would on Arch, and may cause other problems.  Also, there may be patches missing etc.

edit:  since you are talking about binaries I assume you mean simply untarring them rather than using a package manager.

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#7 2010-08-08 19:28:57

Acecero
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Re: can arch binaries be used for other distros

karol wrote:
Acecero wrote:

There was a community project that started a while ago where you can create packages for other distros in Arch called unipkg.

Though I don't know if there is any activity anymore...

http://github.com/paradoq/unipkg looks quite fresh.

To me it appears there was no activity since it started 2 months ago.  I understand it is a fresh project, just no recent updates. hmm

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#8 2010-08-08 19:34:30

karol
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Re: can arch binaries be used for other distros

Acecero wrote:
karol wrote:
Acecero wrote:

There was a community project that started a while ago where you can create packages for other distros in Arch called unipkg.

Though I don't know if there is any activity anymore...

http://github.com/paradoq/unipkg looks quite fresh.

To me it appears there was no activity since it started 2 months ago.  I understand it is a fresh project, just no recent updates. hmm

Ooops, you're right, not much going on there.

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