DSL to debian how to convert?

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Topic: DSL to debian how to convert?
started by: sankarv

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Posted by sankarv on Sep. 01 2006,04:21

how can we convert a .dsl package to .deb package ?

I need to convert the gcc.dsl package to .deb package ?

hows it possible?

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Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Sep. 01 2006,05:05

Why would you want to do that?
The original form _was_ probably in .deb's - grab em from the debian repos.

But if you really want to, extract the .dsl using tar zxvf blah.dsl and follow a .deb creation guide.

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Posted by WDef on Sep. 05 2006,23:45

Just FYI, to build pseudo debs packages effortlessly (not that I suggest this for gcc):

checkinstall.dsl from the repo.

Tries to make a deb, rpm or slackware package from most install processes.  Do:

Code Sample

# checkinstall -D tar -C/ -zxvf someextension.dsl

and follow the prompts.  The only important menu item is [2] = package title.

It requires the dpkg, gnu-utils and gcc extensions as dependencies - I neglected to mention that in the info file. Sorry.

For people with traditional hard drive installs, there is a very good reason to make a pseudo deb package, especially when compiling, or unpacking some binary tarball: the package manager will be aware of it after installing, which means a clean uninstall (that may run into glitches if the extension overwrites system files - look at that first).

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