Issue in package to module conversion

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Issue in package to module conversion

Post#1 by meet » 03 May 2020, 12:44

Hello.

I am using Porteus 4.0 with Cinnamon DE.

I tried to install Ghostwriter.deb by converting it to .xzm module file.
Steps followed:
1. Downloaded the ghostwriter.deb file from the debian package repository website.
2. Opened the terminal as root
3. Went to the directory where the file .deb was kept.
4. Used command "deb2xzm"
5. Success message received, and .xzm file was created.
6. Double-clicked .xzm file to load it in the OS.
Error message received.

Can you help me with this? I need to make a few more apps into modules, as slackware USM doesn't have any apps that I need.

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Issue in package to module conversion

Post#2 by Ed_P » 04 May 2020, 18:49

Without knowing what the error message said I will guess a link or file was missing. Download the missing file and add it to the .xzm file you created.

According to: https://github.com/wereturtle/ghostwriter ghostwriter needs Qt5 and ghostwriter has a command named qmake that will tell you if anything is missing. I suggest you try that.
Ed

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