Installing a proprietary app in Arch

Alexvader · 05-26-2010, 06:37 PM

Hi Forum

I have this proprietary binary blob... comes in rpm or deb format... how do I install it in Arch...?

How do I convert the rpm ( or deb ) to Arch format package...?

Do I have to install "rpm" from AUR to manage this...?

BRGDS

Alex

berbae · 05-27-2010, 04:08 PM

There is rpmextract 1.0-3 and/or rpmunpack 0-3 from Extra .
I do not recommend that you use the rpm package directly, but, using one the tools above in a PKGBUILD, it's better to first convert the rpm package into an Arch format package which pacman can install cleanly in your system.
For Debian packages there is deb2targz 1-2 from Community.

Alexvader · 05-27-2010, 04:54 PM

Hi Berbae

I solvet the issue already ...

Thkz anyway... I used rpm and cpio, and hacked a similar PKGBUILD i found in Arch Forum...

Created the Arch Package, Installed it and it works like a charm...

Had to build some deps before... but it is solved.

BRGDS

Alex