Re: Please help

[José Alburquerque <jaalburquerque@cox.net>]

Vilches Martin wrote:

> Hello, first of all I have no idea about Debian but Im working on a 
> pretty nice software base on Debian so I need to work on this J
>
> The software I use is Pluto Home, which is a home automation software.
>
> The thing is that I have a Dell touch screen which I use with my xp 
> media center edition. Now I want to give it a try with Pluto but I 
> don’t have the drive for debian. I ask the developers of the touch 
> controller and this is what they said:
>
> /We do offer a driver for some versions of the Linux operating system 
> and kernel and the driver for those versions can be downloaded from 
> our website. We do not offer a driver for Debian but we do have a 
> source and object kit that will allow users to build our package 
> against their version of Linux. With every new version it is possible 
> to hit a situation where the kernel module will not build or will not 
> load on a target system. When this occurs, the customer is responsible 
> for finding the issues that prevent the driver from building as we do 
> not have the resources to investigate and troubleshoot the many 
> variations of Linux and kernels. Here is a link to the drivers 
> download page, click the drop down for Linux drivers and then download 
> the source and object kit.//
> //http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3MTouchSystems/TS/TechnicalInformation/TouchDrivers//
>
> So I would like to know how do I build a package for my Pluto, Debian 
> based, system.
>
> I hope you can help me or at least let me know who can.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Martin
>
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Are you having trouble building the touch screen driver for debian? If 
so I know how you would generate a debian package from a source rpm. 
Here's how:

1) Install 'rpm', 'alien' and 'fakeroot' by running 'apt-get install rpm 
alien fakeroot' as root.
2) Download the source rpm (src.rpm) and build it by running the command 
'fakeroot rpmbuild --rebuild <file>.src.rpm'.
3) Look for the binary rpm in directory /usr/src/rpm/RPMS/i386/. It will 
have the name <file>.rpm (same "basename" as source rpm)
4) Generate a debian package by running 'fakeroot alien <file>.rpm' in 
the /usr/src/rpm/RPM/i386/ directory.

You can then install the debian package by running 'dpkg -i <file>.deb'.

If you get stuck, I might be able to help a little so don't hesitate to 
e-mail. Good luck!

En Español:

Para generar un paquete debian de un "source rpm" (src.rpm):
1) Instala 'rpm', 'alien', y 'fakeroot' ejecutando 'apt-get install rpm 
alien fakeroot' (siendo root)
2) Baja el "source.rpm" y ejecuta 'fakeroot rpmbuild --rebuild 
<archivo>.src.rpm' para crear un "rpm binary" en /usr/src/rpm/RPMS/i386/
3) Cambia al directorio /usr/src/rpm/RPMS/i386 ('cd ...')
4) Ejecuta 'fakeroot alien <archivo>.rpm' para crear el paquete debian.

Así puedes tener un paquete debian que puedes instalar en tu sistema con 
el mandato: 'dpkg -i <archivo>.deb'.

Si tienes alguna pregunta quizá te puedo ayudar un poco mas. No vaciles 
en preguntar :-)

--
Sincerely
Jose Alburquerque