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#1 2009-05-22 16:07:52
fireflyoo
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[script]deb2tazpkg
filename: deb2tazpkg
description:as the name,switch the debian package(deb) to slitaz package(tazpkg).
Code:
#!/bin/sh
dpkg-deb -e $1 /tmp
package=$(grep '^ *Package' /tmp/control)
package=$(echo ${package##*:})
version=$(grep '^ *Version' /tmp/control)
version=$(echo ${version##*:})
descrip=$(grep '^ *Description' /tmp/control)
descrip=$(echo ${descrip##*:})
file="$package-$version"
file="$package-$version"
mkdir -p $file/fs/
dpkg-deb -x $1 $file/fs
echo "\
# SliTaz package receipt.
PACKAGE=\"$package\"
VERSION=\"$version\"
CATEGORY=\"free\"
SHORT_DESC=\"$descrip\"
MAINTAINER=\"tux@slitaz.org\"
DEPENDS=\"\" " > $file/receipt
rm /tmp/*
tazpkg pack $file
usage example
Code:
deb2tazpkg example.deb
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#2 2009-05-23 21:42:40
Linea
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Hi fireflyoo
I just tried this with Picasa 3: http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html
And it worked!
Paul
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#3 2009-05-23 22:58:12
MImoza
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
a package for this will be very usefull for everybody wink
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#4 2009-05-23 23:36:09
Pankso
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Hi,
Nice touch fireflyoo! I also did a similar script a few time ago. I think a command 'deb2taz' in Tazpkg will be welcome
http://labs.slitaz.org/projects/list_files/tazpkg
- Christophe
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#5 2009-05-24 10:03:16
Linea
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Hi
Any chance of a rpm2taz[pkg] smile
Paul
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#6 2009-05-24 16:23:44
Bob le Pointu
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Any chance to see the same script without using dpkg-dev ?
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#7 2009-05-24 18:18:53
davesurrey
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Sorry but am I missing something?
I thought that a deb package is used with a package manager (apt, or synaptic if you prefer a GUI). The package manager downloads the deb from a specific repository eg Debian Lenny or Ubutnu Ibex. Therefore it knows what libraries etc should already exist within that specific distro and what additional dependencies need to be downloaded. And then it automatically downloads them.
And in a similar way a tazpkg is downloaded to a specific Slitaz system and thereby knows what dependencies are needed for that app to work on that specific distro and auto downloads them.
Surely downloading any deb package from any debian/ubuntu/whatever source to slitaz won't necessarily result in the correct dependencies being downloaded in the same way they would if it were a "real" tazpkg with the correct receipt??
Or am I wrong?
edited: to correct typos
Last edited by davesurrey (2009-05-24 18:23:00)
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#8 2009-05-24 18:26:31
Bob le Pointu
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
You're right, some packages will work, other won't because SliTaz packages names are not always the same as other distros.
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#9 2009-05-24 18:47:16
davesurrey
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Hi Bob,
Yes but I think there is something more fundamantal.
Let's take an example of an application A which needs dependencies B, C and D in Debian Etch.
If Debian Etch base install has B already installed then it is necessary for the package installer only to automatically download C and D as well as A.
But if a base install of Slitaz includes C but not B and D then it is necessary for SliTaz package manager to download A , B and D and not C.
How would that script work it out? I can't see it would be able to do so.
Am I correct or perhaps I don't understand it correctly?
dave
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#10 2009-05-25 20:29:23
bellard
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Hi,
Christophe wrote:
I think a command 'deb2taz' in Tazpkg will be welcome
Or tazpkg convert ? http://hg.slitaz.org/tazpkg/rev/a041e442f730
Linea wrote:
Any chance of a rpm2taz[pkg] smile
Yes: http://hg.slitaz.org/tazpkg/rev/f91e0e647f54
-pascal
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#11 2009-05-25 22:36:44
firmit
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
I like the idea very much. But - there's always a but - I would like to keep the fs so I can modify the reciept before packing the tazpkg. Maybe add an option to this - something like:
Code:
tazpkg convert procps.deb -y|n
where -y|n (y default) is for actually packing the fs. Default tmp_dir, I assume could be in the folder you are in. This way, the user can modify the reciept before packing.
Just a thought - for now, I use the OP script.
Last edited by firmitz (2009-05-25 22:38:17)
--firmit
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#12 2009-05-25 23:02:01
bellard
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Hi,
You can do:
Code:
tazpkg convert procps.deb
tazpkg extract procps-xx.tazpkg
vi procps-xx/receipt
tazpkg pack procps-xx
-pascal
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#13 2009-05-25 23:21:36
Linea
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Thanks Pascal cool
Paul
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#14 2009-05-26 20:06:04
firmit
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Nice smile
--firmit
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#15 2009-06-03 14:24:29
davesurrey
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
firefly00/Linea/anyone ??
I have tried this script on 3 machines now and with both v2 and cooking. Everytime it has broken my system when I try to use it to install picasa-beta !!!
I cut the script out of the forum and pasted using leafpad into a file which i called deb2tazpkg. I put the script in /usr/bin, changed permissions so I could execute it, then ran it as root from terminal.
Code:
# deb2tazpkg /home/tux/picasaXXX.deb
It does the converstion but gives me a blank desktop...only menu and panel remain. If, for example, I select Menu>System Tools >Package manager GUI then I get the login box but then nothing is displayed.
I have done a recharge and upgrade from terminal but no difference.
Linea you said you were successfull? Cooking or Stable2 ? Can you explain exactly what you did that was differnt to me?
Anyone any ideas what caused it and how to get this back?
This has really mssed things up.
dave
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#16 2009-06-03 20:24:37
firmit
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
I believe he referred to actually converting the debian package to tazpkg.
For you to successfully run picasa, you would need to install some other tools as well. Though, I have not succesfully done this myself.
--firmit
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#17 2009-06-03 20:59:42
Linea
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
OK, here's what I did:
As tux: copy and paste script to file named deb2tazpkg and place in /home/tux; then
Code:
$ chmod +x deb2tazpkg
download picsasa .deb: http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/pool/non … t_i386.deb and place in /home/tux; then
Code:
$ ./deb2tazpkg picasa*.deb
this should produce the .tazpkg file; then as root:
Code:
# tazpkg install picasa*.tazpkg
Note there's no desktop entry; so in a terminal type:
Code:
picasa
Paul
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#18 2009-06-03 22:29:59
firmit
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
I tried the same thing, it did not work.
I tried it again - pull my finger.... - wait for it - what do you know! It runs!
I do have a flush of messages in my terminal though - stat is not correctly used. I remember previously that also top was not correctly used.
--firmit
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#19 2009-06-03 23:23:39
davesurrey
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Yes that worked for me.
Many thanks Linea.
The difference between what you and I did is that I ran deb2tazpkg as root not user tux.
Thanks
Dave
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#20 2009-06-07 04:36:19
spork
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
The only thing I've noticed is that it leaves a directory behind. What if you want to just convert it? Could your script delete the folder after it's done (if you don't put an argument flag first)?
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#21 2009-06-07 09:17:44
firmit
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
spork wrote:
The only thing I've noticed is that it leaves a directory behind. What if you want to just convert it? Could your script delete the folder after it's done (if you don't put an argument flag first)?
Use tazpkg convert pkg.deb instead then.
--firmit
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#22 2009-06-07 12:45:07
davesurrey
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Away from home at the moment so can't check on my PC but could someone explain the difference between the different scripts mentioned in this thread.
deb2tazpkg
deb2taz
tazpkg convert
Thanks
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#23 2009-06-07 13:07:02
firmit
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
My view of things:
.deb, .rpm, .tazpkg is just a container of files for their own package manager. Each file type also contains a description or reciept which is recognized by its respective package manager.
deb2tazpkg was created to convert a debian package to tazpkg. This script keep the fs-structure. It is not officially a part of Slitaz.
Then this script-functionality was introduced in Slitaz as tazpkg convert, which handles both .rpm in addition to .deb. This functionality does not keep the fs. If you want to modify the reciept in the automatically created .tazpkg, you need to extract the package first, and repack it with the modified reciept. This is almost always necessary for dependencies and pre/post scripts.
Last edited by firmitz (2009-06-07 13:10:44)
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#24 2009-06-07 17:16:11
davesurrey
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
Hello firmitz,
Thanks for your explanation. I think I understand it but am not too sure.
Is it better to keep the fs or to change it to better integrate into Sltitaz?
That is, is it better to use tazpkg convert than deb2tazpkg?
Thanks for your help so far
Dave
Last edited by davesurrey (2009-06-07 17:16:52)
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#25 2009-06-07 18:13:07
firmit
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Re: [script]deb2tazpkg
That's like deciding which beer to drink first!
Try them both out and see which one you like the best! smile
--firmit
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