converting .tar.gz archive to .deb

[rajeshgovindan2005]

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I am using Ubuntu 6.06 (am a super n00b)....just wanna know what is the command to convert a tar.gz archive into .deb ?( I have alien app.)

please explain in depth

thanx in advance

Rajesh

[techieMoe]

I am using Ubuntu 6.06 (am a super n00b)....just wanna know what is the command to convert a tar.gz archive into .deb ?( I have alien app.)

please explain in depth

thanx in advance

Rajesh

Simply speaking, you can't do that. A debian package (DEB) is a precompiled and specially configured binary install file, whereas a TAR.GZ archive is usually uncompiled source code. You can convert RPM files to DEB using alien, but not TAR.GZ.

[devils casper]

Hi !!

i dont think you can convert tar.gz to .deb......
tar.gz is a set of zipped files... .deb is debian's binary package.....

you can convert .rpm to .deb through 'alien'

EDIT : you are quick techieMoe...

.... casper ....

[antidrugue]

There is a little app that can help you do that : checkinstall.

Here you can download the package for Dapper :
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pper1_i386.deb

Or you can get "apt-get" it (from the universe repository) :

sudo apt-get install checkinstall

Here is an example on how to use it :
http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/checkinstall/

Or a step by guide specific for checkinstall on Ubuntu :
http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/videos/...escrobbler.gif

Some more ressources about compiling in Ubuntu :
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingUbuntu

[rajeshgovindan2005]

yeah...i have alien....so for eg;I have an archive ntfs-3g-20060714-1.guru.suse101.src.rpm then what should be the command to be entered in the terminal

[rajeshgovindan2005]

yeah...i have alien....so for eg;I have an archive ntfs-3g-20060714-1.guru.suse101.src.rpm then what should be the command to be entered in the terminal to covert it into .deb package

[devils casper]

Hi !!

its a source rpm (.src.rpm)... you can't convert it easily... check this link for ntfs-3g



.... casper ....