<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 12:42 Klaatu <<a href="mailto:klaatu@member.fsf.org">klaatu@member.fsf.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Monday, June 01, 2020 08:11:43 AM Rich Shepard wrote:<br>
> I'm curious because core slackware provides a great utility, rpm2tgz, but<br>
> not one for .deb packages. Yet, a number of SBo packages download a .deb and<br>
> convert it to .tgz for installation. Why the difference(s)?<br>
> <br>
> Regards,<br>
> <br>
> Rich<br>
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When I use a .deb file as source, it's usually because the latest RPM is Fedora <br>
and requires a very recent libc or libc++ (or similar) that my Slackware box <br>
doesn't have by default. The .deb packages I find seem to be more conservative, <br>
whether for Debian or Ubuntu LTS. <br>
<br>
My first response to that is to look for an RPM from CentOS or RHEL, which also <br>
tend to be conservative, but their repos just aren't as well stocked as <br>
Debian's, so .deb is often the best and easiest solution.<br>
<br>
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FAQ - <a href="https://slackbuilds.org/faq/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://slackbuilds.org/faq/</a></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you look at the Google Chrome SlackBuild on /extra it shows how to deal with .deb packages. There's really no need for a dedicated tool there.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto">JK</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote></div></div></div>