"Eloy A. Paris" wrote: >Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >: Gigabyte> i was asked if i could used files like Tkdesk from the >: Gigabyte> Debian/Linux 1.3.1 and use it on other Linux like >: Gigabyte> OpenLinux ?.... if so how can i do that ... TIA ..... >: >: Sure. Just install the 'alien' program, available at >: http://kite.ml.org/programs/ :) > >Alien is for the other way around: to use packages from other >distributions in Debian. > A binary package is an ar archive file:
$ ar -t postgresql_6.2.1-3_i386.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz A source package should consist of the original source, a diff file and a dsc file (which lists the other two with check sums and has the maintainer's PGP signature): postgresql_6.2.1.orig.tar.gz postgresql_6.2.1-3.diff.gz postgresql_6.2.1-3.dsc If you are installing on another system, you should probably use the original source file and compile it on the foreign system. The source diff file contains the changes needed to make the package compile for Debian, including changes to the location of configuration files. You might want to scan the diffs to see if there is anything not Debian-specific that you would like to adopt. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 Unsolicited email advertisements are not welcome; any person sending such will be invoiced for telephone time used in downloading together with a £25 administration charge. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
