[plug] OO.org Download --> .Deb

Cameron Patrick cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au
Mon Sep 20 18:36:30 WST 2004


Tim White wrote:

> I have recently discovered that OO.org comes in a deb package as well
> as a tarball. I have the tarball version and dislike it not installing
> in the proper debian way. I have a fresh debian system and would like
> to know if there is a script or similar that can take a OO.org tarball
> and convert it into a installable deb as i don't want to have to
> download it again (limited dialup)

Not if you only have the binary tarball.  You can build a deb from the
source tarball, but that'd probably take longer than downloading a deb
even over dial-up :-)

Cameron.





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