On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 06:32, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hashimoto wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Is there any way to transfer an installed package from one computer >> (ubuntu) to another one (debian)? > > No, but for compatible distributions[0] you can transfer the .deb files > (and any other packages needed as dependencies) and install it in the > other system. > > [0]Which is not the case with Debian and Ubuntu, despite Ubuntu being > based on Debian.
Sure they are compatible. Not 100%, but it works. At one point shortly before Lenny went stable (and thus testing and even unstable where not getting major updates), I was impatient and added Ubuntu repos to sources.list. I don't know how many packages I had from Ubuntu, but it was all of Xorg and all of Cups, plus some other things. It worked ok, and when Lenny went stable and everything unfroze, I moved back to pure Debian, as newer versions came in. Sometimes Ubuntu packages are not installable due versions of libs not being in sync - e.g. it something requires a newer version of glib or GTK or something. Currently, I think Testing and Unstable should handle Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 fine. Stable might need packages from an older version. Although this is possible, I don't advise it unless you are very comfortable with package management, and as problems can occur, and you need to be able to back out the changes Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
