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ShadowKyogre

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Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs? The process is basically extract, put the folders in appropriate install paths, write up a .PKGINFO, tar it up, then install the package.

Doing the other two binary formats would be a pain in the butt.

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test1000

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Re: Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

"The process is basically extract, put the folders in appropriate install paths, write up a .PKGINFO, tar it up, then install the package."

the advantage of a plaintext database

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ShadowKyogre

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Re: Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

And it's also the advantage of not too many unnecessary files floating around!

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Re: Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

..If you're lucky and the rpms/debs are built against the same version of libraries that are used on your arch system.

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ShadowKyogre

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Re: Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

Well, when they aren't, I just stuff in what's necessary. I'm still having some trouble getting the Eternity screensaver to work...because I have no idea how to.

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toad

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Re: Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

Without wanting to sound too dumb, but could you do a little write up on it for those less experienced (read me)?

I checked the wiki but there is nothing in there yet - any info (like a case study) would be dead useful!

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ShadowKyogre

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Re: Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

So write an article in the wiki?

Wrote tut here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:ShadowKyogre

Last edited by ShadowKyogre (2009-01-18 17:59:17)

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toad

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Re: Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

Go for it

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LTSmash

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Re: Anyone noticed how easily Arch can install RPMs and Debs?

I always try to use "universal debs", since many are simply converted packages created for every distro out there, for example crossover:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16777
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14187

I use the debs since they're simply converted versions of the provided .run universal binary... and they require no user intervention (well, the .run one does, so...)

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