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Hey so I downloaded the guitar pro6 demo:
http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php

But it's a .deb package. So uh... now what? It's commercial software. It's not like I can do the ./configure, make, make install thing.

src2pkg can convert .debs to Slackware packages, I think.

It doesn't offer any other format? You could try http://lihavim.wordpress.com/2006/10...-on-slackware/

You can uncompress them with ar.

You can use Alien to convert between different package formats, if I understand you.

I don't think I want to bother with Alien, it looks like someone's side project for fun. He says it's experimental. I bet by the time I got it set up it wouldn't even work on my guitar pro .deb package for some reason.

Have a look at the slackbuild for google chrome, it repackages deb packages to regular slackware:

http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/1...ome.SlackBuild

You're stuck with alien or src2pkg I think for the easy way out. I've repackaged Debian binaries in the past but it was always a manual effort culminating in a SlackBuild for future use. `ar -x file.deb` should work, and then you'll want to untar the control and data files. data is the main catch but there are pre/post-install/removal scripts that you would have to adapt for Slackware. Also pay attention to any startup scripts, which would have to be adapted for Slackware's BSD-style init scripts unless you want inconsistency.

So if ar can extract from .deb files then how do I extract from .rpm's? ar says .rpm is an unrecognized format.

I'm partial to

Code:

rpm2cpio package.rpm | cpio -imdv

but rpm2tgz could be easier. You'd have to pull the scripts separately if you use rpm2cpio.

Oh snap, slack 13.1 is out! Okay this is on hold now. I'm a sub-par linux user and I don't bother with any extra partitions except for swap space so I just save a few files to a removable hard drive and restart from scratch.

guitarpro6.SlackBuild:

Code:

#!/bin/sh



# Slackware build script for Guitar Pro 6 (demo)



# Copyright 2010 T3slider

# All rights reserved.

#

# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is

# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

#

# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright

#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

#

# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED

# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF

# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO

# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,

# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,

# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;

# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,

# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR

# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF

# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.





PRGNAM=guitarpro6

PKGNAM=GuitarPro6Demo

VERSION=rev7994

ARCH=${ARCH:-i386}

BUILD=${BUILD:-1}

TAG=${TAG:-_t3s}

CWD=$(pwd)

TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/t3s}

PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM

OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}



rm -rf $PKG 

mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT

cd $TMP || exit 1

rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION

mkdir -p $PRGNAM-$VERSION

cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION

ar -x $CWD/$PKGNAM-$VERSION.deb || exit 1

tar -xvf data.tar.gz || exit 1

chown -R root:root .

chmod -R a-s,u+w,go+r-w .



find -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;



mv usr opt $PKG



mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION

cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild



mkdir -p $PKG/install

cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc

cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh



cd $PKG

/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz

slack-desc:

Code:

# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:

# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line

# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'

# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must

# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also

# customary to leave one space after the ':'.



          |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|

guitarpro6: guitarpro6

guitarpro6: 

guitarpro6: Guitar Pro is first and foremost a software designed to edit

guitarpro6: tablatures for guitar, bass, and other fretted instruments from 4 to

guitarpro6: 8 strings.

guitarpro6: 

guitarpro6: http://www.guitar-pro.com/

guitarpro6: 

guitarpro6: 

guitarpro6: 

guitarpro6:

doinst.sh:

Code:

if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then

  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1

fi

if [ -x /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then

  /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t usr/share/icons/hicolor > /dev/null 2>&1

fi

All untested, so keep that in mind. The package builds properly but I only have a pure 64-bit install so I can't test the app. There may be missing dependencies but I have no idea...you'll see when you try to run it I suppose. Running ldd on the executable might tell you any missing dependencies.

What. You wrote a shellscript just for me? I feel special. I am torrenting 32 bit slack 13.1 right now. I will install it later today and give your script a try and see what happens.