Forgive me Slackers, for I have sinned... :)

folkenfanel · 12-15-2009, 03:10 PM

/usr/bin/debextract

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# debextract - extract contents of Debian packages to a folder within the current folder
# (GPL) GPL 2009 Folken

# First we figure out the input
RAW_INPUT="$1"
DEBDIR=$(basename $RAW_INPUT .deb)

# Then extract the ar archive part
rm -rf $DEBDIR && mkdir -p $DEBDIR
cd $DEBDIR && ar vx ../$RAW_INPUT

# Next extract "control"
mkdir -p control
mv control.tar.gz control
(cd control && tar -xf control.tar.gz && rm -f control.tar.gz)

# Next extract "data"
tar -xf data.tar.gz && rm -f data.tar.gz

Ivshti · 12-15-2009, 07:55 PM

Quote:

So you think it won't harm my OS...?

Don't do it. Chance exists to break something. Not the whole system, but something.

Use the proper methods to build packages, and install your compat libs from ubuntu itself... I think they had a "64" suffix, but not in the arch tag of the package, but in the basename. Don't know what the proper methods are, however, never installed Ubuntu (so I never needed to compile anything on it).

~sHyLoCk~ · 12-15-2009, 08:38 PM

Test them in a Virtualbox. It's worth the effort if you are worried about messing up your actual install.

Regards

Didier Spaier · 12-15-2009, 11:23 PM

Rule of thumb: don't do anything you won't be easily able to undo.

In other words, before changing your system's state, make sure you'll be able to restore it to its previous state.

IMHO allowing this is one of the main advantages of Slackware's packaging system; but if you can get the same result by other means, why not?