, but
if those scripts needed for installation, the hard life goes on.
Ciao
Alessandro
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From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Freitag, 11. Mai 2007 12:35
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] convert rpm to ebuild
On Fri
On Fri, 11 May 2007 13:25:46 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote:
> > That won't work, emerge can only work with ebuilds or portage binary
> > packages. You can either write your own ebuild to install the binary,
> > which is pretty straightforward, or simply unpack it to /.
> >
> Portage binary packages
On Friday 11 May 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:43:50 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote:
> > Just a thought... I think you could use alien to convert the rpm to a
> > tar.gz,
>
> Use rpm2tgxz to do that.
>
> > then use "emerge /path/to/whatever.tar.gz". (IIRC that's a way
> > you can
On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:43:50 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote:
> Just a thought... I think you could use alien to convert the rpm to a
> tar.gz,
Use rpm2tgxz to do that.
> then use "emerge /path/to/whatever.tar.gz". (IIRC that's a way
> you can install a binary package...). That should make portage aw
On Thursday 10 May 2007, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I thought this question would be quiet common but I've been unable to get
> an answer googling and looking through howtos. Actually there are some
> links in an old thread on forums.gentoo.org but its target seems to have
> moved.
>
> Anyway
> quoth the Florian Philipp:
> > Maybe I should formulate another question: Where is the big difference
> > between a binary ebuild and a binary rpm / deb and why is it so hard to
> > convert them?
>
> Another thought:
>
> Unless I've missed it, you've not mentioned *what* it is you have an RPM
> f
Am Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2007 schrieb ext Florian Philipp:
> Anyway, how do I install packages in .rpm or .deb without messing up
> portage?
Write an ebuild for it. portage uses rpm packages just like tar.gz.
See http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103406 for an example ebuild that
uses a src.
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Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Friday 11 May 2007 00:12:43 b.n. wrote:
>>> # rpm -i foopackage.i386.rpm
>> I fear this way Portage would not be aware of the package being
>> installed. Am I wrong?
>
> No, you are correct.
This is what package.provide
Hi,
On Thu, 10 May 2007 22:50:42 +0200
Florian Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since I can install an rpm after emerging rpm itself, there is no need to
> convert it. All I have to do is to make portage aware of this package. Of
> course I would have to take care of dependencies myself and
On Thu, 10 May 2007 22:12:43 +
"b.n." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> darren kirby ha scritto:
>
> > Well, you can install RPM...
> >
> > # emerge -p rpm
> >
> > You could then, presumably, install the RPM, though I have not ever
> > tried this:
> > # rpm -i foopackage.i386.rpm
>
> I fear thi
quoth the Florian Philipp:
> Maybe I should formulate another question: Where is the big difference
> between a binary ebuild and a binary rpm / deb and why is it so hard to
> convert them?
Another thought:
Unless I've missed it, you've not mentioned *what* it is you have an RPM for.
Have you ch
On Thursday 10 May 2007 22:36:41 Florian Philipp wrote:
> Maybe I should formulate another question: Where is the big difference
> between a binary ebuild and a binary rpm / deb and why is it so hard to
> convert them?
Gentoo is a source based distro. Usually in Gentoo binary packages are placed
El Thu, 10 May 2007 22:36:41 +0200
Florian Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> Maybe I should formulate another question: Where is the big
> difference between a binary ebuild and a binary rpm / deb and why is
> it so hard to convert them?
The difference is that Gentoo is not RPM based. Coul
On Thu, 10 May 2007 22:36:41 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Maybe I should formulate another question: Where is the big difference
> between a binary ebuild and a binary rpm / deb and why is it so hard to
> convert them?
The only real difference is the packaging method. The extra information
co
Am Donnerstag 10 Mai 2007 22:29 schrieb Bo Ørsted Andresen:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007 22:16:59 Florian Philipp wrote:
> > > > I thought this question would be quiet common but I've been unable to
> > > > get an answer googling and looking through howtos. Actually there are
> > > > some links in an
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 22:29 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007 22:16:59 Florian Philipp wrote:
> >
> > 1. This page provides no way to handle a binary-only rpm, just sources.
> > Yet, sources are no problem since they should be available as a tarball or
> > in portage itself
> quoth the b.n.:
> > darren kirby ha scritto:
> > > Well, you can install RPM...
> > >
> > > # emerge -p rpm
> > >
> > > You could then, presumably, install the RPM, though I have not ever
> > > tried this:
> > > # rpm -i foopackage.i386.rpm
> >
> > I fear this way Portage would not be aware of th
On Thursday 10 May 2007 22:16:59 Florian Philipp wrote:
> > > I thought this question would be quiet common but I've been unable to
> > > get an answer googling and looking through howtos. Actually there are
> > > some links in an old thread on forums.gentoo.org but its target seems
> > > to have m
On Friday 11 May 2007 00:12:43 b.n. wrote:
> > # rpm -i foopackage.i386.rpm
>
> I fear this way Portage would not be aware of the package being
> installed. Am I wrong?
No, you are correct.
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quoth the b.n.:
> darren kirby ha scritto:
> > Well, you can install RPM...
> >
> > # emerge -p rpm
> >
> > You could then, presumably, install the RPM, though I have not ever tried
> > this:
> > # rpm -i foopackage.i386.rpm
>
> I fear this way Portage would not be aware of the package being
> inst
Am Donnerstag 10 Mai 2007 21:53 schrieb Bo Ørsted Andresen:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007 21:06:13 Florian Philipp wrote:
> > I thought this question would be quiet common but I've been unable to get
> > an answer googling and looking through howtos. Actually there are some
> > links in an old thread o
darren kirby ha scritto:
Well, you can install RPM...
# emerge -p rpm
You could then, presumably, install the RPM, though I have not ever tried
this:
# rpm -i foopackage.i386.rpm
I fear this way Portage would not be aware of the package being
installed. Am I wrong?
m.
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On Thursday 10 May 2007 21:06:13 Florian Philipp wrote:
> I thought this question would be quiet common but I've been unable to get
> an answer googling and looking through howtos. Actually there are some
> links in an old thread on forums.gentoo.org but its target seems to have
> moved.
Well, you
quoth the Florian Philipp:
> Hi!
>
> I thought this question would be quiet common but I've been unable to get
> an answer googling and looking through howtos. Actually there are some
> links in an old thread on forums.gentoo.org but its target seems to have
> moved.
>
> Anyway, how do I install pa
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