[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bart Szyszka) wrote: >Is there a package similar to alien which can convert a >.tar.gz source code file into a DEB package? I've tried doing >it with alien and it tells me it created the DEB OK, but when I >try dpkg -i, there doesn't seem to be a file I can run to launch >the program. Typing the command doesn't work and I tried >a search for it on the harddrive too without much luck.
alien converts .tar.gz archives of *binaries* into a .deb, but not source code. In order to do that, you'll have to learn how Debian developers package programs. The Debian New Maintainers' Guide at http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ should get you started. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
