Is it able to install Debian package on Slackware ?

mocqueanh · 01-28-2008, 01:43 AM

I've found rpm command in Slackware, it allow me install Red Hat package onto my Slack. But dont have dpkg command.

Show do you have method to use dpkg to install Debian package on Slack ?

subekk0 · 01-28-2008, 02:55 AM

Umm... I don't think that dpkg is what you are looking for. If you are using Alien to do the conversion you should convert the package to tgz and roll the dice.

Good Luck

d1s4st3r · 01-28-2008, 03:33 AM

There is another "raw" way to install Debian packages on Slackware.
First of all, you need to uncompress the Debian archive:

Code:

$ ar x mypackage.deb

This produces two .tar.gz files, data.tar.gz and control.tar.gz. To "install" the contents of the package, you can try:

Code:

# cd /
# tar xzf <your_directory>/data.tar.gz

Good luck!

jong357 · 01-28-2008, 05:20 AM

Basically, what people are saying is, that you should only use the pkgtool scripts to install packages on Slackware. You really shouldn't even be using rpm to install rpm packages.

There is a 'deb2tgz' script out there somewhere if I'm not mistaken. Maybe it's called 'deb2targz'. It works the same as 'rpm2tgz'. If you have an rpm or deb that you want to install on Slackware, try to convert it first to a 'tgz' Slackware package.

To add to the earlier posts, I usually use 'undeb' and then repackage it with makepkg. undeb is pretty much the same as what d1s4st3r suggested.

http://jaguarlinux.com/pub/DIY/sourc...2.9/misc/undeb