deb package format
I've been on a few software sites lately where the owner of the site is a software author. There seems to be a growing trend for linux package developers to provide packages in tarball and rpm format. The two sites I have in mind are the Tkrat (a mail client for X) and Rhide (Turbo C like environment for GCC) author's sites. Both sites had versions of their latest packages in rpm format. Is there, or should there be an effort to Debianize packages and provide the authors with a .deb package to make available on their sites? I know that 'alien' can install rpm files and in fact I did use alien to install both of the packages I mentioned. This might not be common knowledge to people who are making the dreaded which dist should I use? decision. -- John Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newave.net.au/~jspence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: deb package format
I noticed the same thing too. I can't find the SANE scanner driver or Enlightenment Binaries and afew other things that I forget in.deb Only RPM. :(.. Whenever I try to install/debianize with Alien, it says /usr/bin/checkbash: tempfile: command not found /usr/bin/checkbash: $TMP: ambiguous redirect and stops.. The RPM package doesn't work either. Any ideas on how to fix those errors? Timothy John Spence wrote: I've been on a few software sites lately where the owner of the site is a software author. There seems to be a growing trend for linux package developers to provide packages in tarball and rpm format. The two sites I have in mind are the Tkrat (a mail client for X) and Rhide (Turbo C like environment for GCC) author's sites. Both sites had versions of their latest packages in rpm format. Is there, or should there be an effort to Debianize packages and provide the authors with a .deb package to make available on their sites? I know that 'alien' can install rpm files and in fact I did use alien to install both of the packages I mentioned. This might not be common knowledge to people who are making the dreaded which dist should I use? decision. -- John Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newave.net.au/~jspence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: deb package format
Timothy M. Hospedales wrote: I noticed the same thing too. I can't find the SANE scanner driver or Enlightenment Binaries and afew other things that I forget in.deb Only RPM. :(.. Whenever I try to install/debianize with Alien, it says /usr/bin/checkbash: tempfile: command not found /usr/bin/checkbash: $TMP: ambiguous redirect and stops.. The RPM package doesn't work either. Any ideas on how to fix those errors? Upgrade to debianutils version 1.6. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
