Installing .deb package

jdarnold · 2011-03-11 11:53:21

I'd like to try out this new turn-based fantasy game called Age of Fear: The Undead King but they only provide a .deb file. How do I install this on Arch? If you tell me, I promise to make an AUR package for it!

stephane · 2011-03-11 13:44:10

Debian packages are "ar" archives, which contain three files:

debian-binary
control.tar.gz
data.tar.gz

Unpacking a .deb file is a two-step process.

First, extract the three tarballs from the .deb file :

# ar vx package.deb

Then extract the contents of data.tar.gz using tar:

# tar xzvf data.tar.gz

Last edited by stephane (2011-03-11 13:45:30)

jdarnold · 2011-03-11 13:49:00

Ahh, cool. So the only files of interest to me in arch are the ones found in data.tar.gz. Looking at the .deb that seems to be true.

Are there any example PKGBUILDs in AUR that install .deb files? Always prefer to modify a working example

skunktrader · 2011-03-11 16:25:59

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/commu … deb2targz/

joeelmex · 2011-04-20 16:50:14

I conveter the game and got it to work without problem. Not sure if I will buy it. Seems fun but needed more work in the graphics department.

Korrode · 2011-04-20 16:56:21

joeelmex wrote:

I conveter the game and got it to work without problem. Not sure if I will buy it. Seems fun but needed more work in the graphics department.

On the chance you're unaware of it's existence, if you like turn-based strategy and you haven't tried Battle for Wesnoth, give it a look. ^^

joeelmex · 2011-04-21 13:26:44

Korrode wrote:

joeelmex wrote:
I conveter the game and got it to work without problem. Not sure if I will buy it. Seems fun but needed more work in the graphics department.
On the chance you're unaware of it's existence, if you like turn-based strategy and you haven't tried Battle for Wesnoth, give it a look. ^^

Thanks for the tip, and its in our repos! Im loving arch, downloading now to try it out.

yasar11732 · 2011-04-21 13:29:24

joeelmex wrote:

Thanks for the tip, and its in our repos! Im loving arch, downloading now to try it out.

Since you are a beginner too, maybe we can play against each other? I also started couple of days ago

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