Making Modules without RTFM
Posted: 07 Mar 2016, 19:20
Making a Module from a Collection of Packages
- Put all packages going to make up the module in a new work directory
- If all packages have extension *.txz or *.tgz, go to 5.
- Convert RPM packages using rpm2txz
- Using (latest version in thread of) Script to make Slackware Compliant package of xz, deb
- Convert .deb:
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sh deb2txz.sh -nv [/path to package/]<package>.deb
- Convert .xz:
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sh xz2txz.sh -nv [/path to package/]<package>.xz
- Convert .deb:
- Create a Fakeroot DirectoryAs Root:
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mkdir fkr
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# installpkg --terse --root fkr *.t?z
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# dir2xzm fkr <name of desired module>.xzm