How to install Debian *.deb files?

Solour · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 107

Hi,

is it possible to install debian applications?

In particular I am confronted with these files:
http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/krb5-user/download
http://packages.debian.org/de/etch-backports/i386/openafs-client/download
http://packages.debian.org/de/etch/i386/openafs-krb5/download

And if so, what is the best way to do it?

Thanks a lot!

loki_val · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject:

There is no supported way to do what you want. Those applications are in portage, I believe. Is there something wrong with the portage packages?

Solour · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 107

oh really?
I found "app-crypt/mit-krb5" and "net-fs/openafs" but since they have quite different names I assumed they were different...

loki_val · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject:

That's because they're source packages. The packages you linked to were split pre-compiled packages.

jho · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject:

app-arch/alien can unpack and pack rpm's, deb's and so on.

yabbadabbadont · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject:

loki_val · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject:

Please note that any damage you do to your system with those tools may be very hard to reverse.

zalx · n00b Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 12

I've used app-arch/deb2targz utility to convert .deb files to .tar.gz archives and then manually unpack files where it needs. To uninstall - just remove by hands files of package. You should care of dependencies also.