On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:39:10PM +0800, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > +++ Mayuresh Kathe [linux-india] <10/12/01 03:09 +0530>: > > Else can someone please suggest a util which will convert a .deb to > > .tgz? > > Else can someone please tell me if there is some util for Slackware > > which would allow me to unDeb those files? > > Use 'alien'. > ---end quoted text---
Yes, 'alien' is an excellent perl script which does an inter- rpm-deb-tgz conversion. The only creavat is that it needs both dpkg and rpm installed. For non-debian boxes, it is better to download the static version of dpkg from www.debian.org. Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Sysadmin things (hostname in RedHat) LOST #201 To change the host name of your RH machine, as root edit file /etc/hostname. Secondly, place in file /etc/sysconfig/network 'HOSTNAME=hostname_string', else on reboot it will revert to localhost.localdomain! Its a RH quirk ! ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>####################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
