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1. jrobb (jrobb@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 28-Dec-2014 15:00:38 UTC jrobb
   does a tool exist to install deb packages into arch linux? or convert to tar.xz /arch AUR package format?
   • jrobb (jrobb@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 28-Dec-2014 15:15:10 UTC jrobb

     • backuptheru
     @theru awesome! I was thinking something similar and it is definitely do-able. Good to know -- No reason to not use arch, then. :-)
   • jrobb (jrobb@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 28-Dec-2014 15:24:28 UTC jrobb

     • Johnny Null
     • backuptheru
     @theru exactly. @johnnynull just pointed to stackexchange where someone says in addition to this there is dpkg for arch
     Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) repeated this.
   • jrobb (jrobb@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 28-Dec-2014 15:24:52 UTC jrobb

     • backuptheru
     @theru aur would be better tho, for updatability etc
   • Johnny Null (johnnynull@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 28-Dec-2014 15:51:52 UTC Johnny Null

     • backuptheru
     @theru @jrobb Original link: http://qttr.at/gd8 The comments in the AUR seem largely common-sense, IMO.
   • lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48@fresh.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Dec-2014 16:48:04 UTC lnxw48 (Linux Walt)

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     • backuptheru
     @jrobb @theru @johnnynull #Fedora used to have a tool called ‘alien’ that could convert packag…
     Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) repeated this.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 29-Dec-2014 01:17:10 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     @lnxw48 It has that tool and it's from our very own @joeyh@identi.ca ! http://joeyh.name/code/alien/ ... no pacman support though.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 29-Dec-2014 01:19:55 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     @lnxw48 ... unless maybe Slackware tgz is similar enough to AUR tgz, but I'm guessing not, that it leaves some scripts in an unwanted place.