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gigs_42
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 Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:32 am Post subject: Install Debian .deb files under gentoo? |
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I was wanting to install TROM from www.morphix.org/trom, but it is only distributed as a Debian package! Is it possible to install one of these under gentoo?
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homeobocks
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Sure! emerge apt-get!
Seriously, though, you should just rip apt-get off one of the debian ISOs. God willing, there will one day be an Ebuild for apt-get.
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jmz2
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:14 am Post subject: Re: Install Debian .deb files under gentoo? |
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| gigs_42 wrote: | | I was wanting to install TROM from www.morphix.org/trom, but it is only distributed as a Debian package! Is it possible to install one of these under gentoo? |
To unpack a Debian package, use the ar command: This will give you two tarballs: control and data. The data tarball contains the binaries for the package. You can unpack it to root (after inspecting the paths). Control contains Debian's pre/postinstall scripts, list of configuration files etc. You should browse through the installation scripts before running them, as they may contain some Debian specific tasks or tasks incompatible with Gentoo. |
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gigs_42
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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As it turns out, it was simply a matter of copying the files from those tarballs over to /usr/bin and /usr/share ! Piece of cake! Thanx
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Upon further inspection, however, TROM (and Morphix for that matter) are Debian based and require Debian programs (like apt)...no morphing under gentoo it seems.... 
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