What is the easiest way to convert a .deb to .xzm?
Ideally with a gui or right clicks, but whatever is easiest will work I guess.
[HELP] What is the easiest way to convert a .deb to .xzm [solved]
[HELP] What is the easiest way to convert a .deb to .xzm [solved]
Last edited by mcabel on 04 Dec 2022, 02:30, edited 1 time in total.
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[HELP] What is the easiest way to convert a .deb to .xzm
Open a terminal window in the folder where the .deb file is located, then run the command deb2xzm followed by the name of the .deb file. If there is only 1 .deb file in the folder the command deb2xzm *.deb would work.
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[HELP] What is the easiest way to convert a .deb to .xzm
in the filemanager: rightclick on the .deb , you should see the option: "convert to xzm <name.deb>" or something similar in that menu.
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[HELP] What is the easiest way to convert a .deb to .xzm
But does this handle dependencies? It seems to me this is for converting any old DEB file into XZM, and many of them cannot stand alone each one. I should have done this far more often. Having to become "root" to use "tar" to copy files right down from root directory, on Slackware changed my life forever.
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[HELP] What is the easiest way to convert a .deb to .xzm
of course not, this is a simple utility for the use case of: i have a .deb , let's see if it'll work in a slackware environment.
sometimes it will, sometimes(maybe often) it won't.. then try to run it from a terminal or use ldd to get clue as to why.. sometimes you may have to extract the module and move or symlink or rename some lib ... or add some supporting lib, perhaps another .deb.. perhaps using pkgs.org deps lists..
sometimes all this is more trouble than it's worth..
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[HELP] What is the easiest way to convert a .deb to .xzm
Thanks, this worked. It was all this time hiding in plain sight DXncmprhnsbl wrote: ↑04 Dec 2022, 00:09in the filemanager: rightclick on the .deb , you should see the option: "convert to xzm <name.deb>" or something similar in that menu.
...now I've seem to run out of space in the .dat but that is a different matter altogether XD