Re: Quick tip on transforming a tarball into a .deb
csj writes:
> Can someone give me a quick tip on how to do this, convert a tarball into
> a deb in one fell swoop?
alien foo.tar.gz
This only works for binary tarballs, of course. If you have source,
compile it and tar it up first.
> What's the quick and dirty Debian equivalent?
The above is about as quick and dirty as it gets. The right way, of
course, is to learn to use the packaging tools.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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