On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 05:43:22PM -0500, Kim Goldenberg babbled thus:
> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:43:22 -0500
> From: Kim Goldenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Presentations for February Meeting?
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1
>
> Another thing I would like to understand is the differences between a .tgz
> file (a gzipped tarball) and an RPM, and can one be made into the other
> (and if so, how?)?
.tgz is simply a DOS-friendly .tar.gz. It's also typically used by the
Slackware distribution for it's packages (installpkg/removepkg/...).
As for converting between them, you can try 'alien'. Slackware also
includes a utility called 'rpm2tgz' for quickly converting RPM packages
to Slackware packages.
>
> This could be a part of a discussion as to how and when to upgrade your
> software, perhaps. Often you get one or the other and RH and Mandrake have
> ways of tracking the RPM updates, but not the .tgz ones. It would be nice
> to have something to keep track of what you have on your system without
> spending 20-30 minutes to find the simple information and
> who-knows-how-long for the more difficult ones.
If the .tgz in question is a binary package (Slackware), then you
should be able to utilize alien to convert the package to .rpm before
you install it. You could also try installing Slackware's package
utilities under whichever distribution you use, although I don't know
how well that would work, and may be more trouble than it's worth to
keep track of two seperate packaging systems (which is why I typically
convert RPMs to tgz before installing on my Slackware systems).
>
> (Just some random thoughts)
>
> TIA
> Kim
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