On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 04:22:11PM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > > Wrong. Checkinstall is to install the packges after converting to the > > package format whichever u want deb, rpm etc. It is not for converting from > > one package format to another. > > >There is some confusion here. If you look at the third sentence, it is >mentioned that for programs compiled from sources (newer versions, not >available as native deb/rpm/etc, it can do a good job. This is what I >had written: > > Maybe you should try checkinstall. Couple of days downloaded it. A good > piece of software for deb. rpm, tgz, etc. It puts packages compiled > from sources into /usr/local, but creates an appropriate package so that > it can be taken and installed on other similar machines or removed > easily using package tools of the platform. Did a deb of latest audacity > and works fine.
Sure :-) But this is not what the original question was. He wanted to unpack the contents of the deb files. What u have mentioned is completly different thing. > >I frequently download new versions of some or other tools. Compiling and >installing it is not a problem. But if I have to install the same on >different machines, then repeating the same procedure is a royal pain. >This is where checkinstall comes in handy. Not only that, uninstalling >is also easier. Sure :-) I have got lots of debs like that on my machine at present ( icewm, mplayer, mutt, fetchmail, etc. etc. ). Checkinstall is a really good utility. Thanks to Shridhar who pointed out about it on this list some time back. Peace -- Rajesh : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : User floppy mount LOST #009 NOT RECOMMENDED for a multiuser system. For a stand-alone box add to /etc/fstab, (where /floppy is your mount point). Then, $mount /floppy ... as an user will do the trick ... /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,nosuid,nodev,noauto,user 0 0 ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
