debtap
A script for converting .deb packages into Arch Linux packages, focused on accuracy (by helixarch)
mprweb
Hosting platform for the makedeb Package Repository (MPR) (by makedeb)
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| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
debtap
Posts with mentions or reviews of debtap.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-19.
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Why is AUR (Arch Linux user repository) Muse Hub gone?
Debtap does this exact thing. Unfortunately stuff like dependencies can't always be directly translated. In this case, debtap will try to pull in some odd libc dependencies that cause jank in my experience.
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simple question, simple answer
If there is no official Arch package but official .deb packages are available, you can always use debtap which automatically converts a .deb into a .pkg
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Is there any software helps build AUR packages and update them?
Deb packages: https://github.com/helixarch/debtap
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Between .deb and .rpm, which is less awkward to use with arch?
My employer wants me to install an antivirus that doesn't seem to be available in pacman or AUR. It's available as a .deb and a .rpm. It looks like it's possible to install either of them; for .deb I've found debtap and and for .rpm there's this article that I haven't read closely.
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AUR is the swiss army knife of every GNU/Linux l33t haxxx0r
Have you tried debtap? It converts .deb files into arch packages. I've used it a handful a times to convert packages (haven't tried the ones you mentioned, though).
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Finnaly ,inner peace
That's neat. Arch users can use Debtap to convert deb packages into Arch packages.
- KDE Ships Frameworks 5.94.0
- My scanner will not work in Manjaro
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Is Linux right for me?
Did you actually find a deb for anything that is not also available through the AUR? If so, there is debtap. It's really not that hard to write a PKGBUILD, though.
- Mein Wechsel zu Linux, ein Update
mprweb
Posts with mentions or reviews of mprweb.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-03.
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Would it be technically possible for an arch server to build and serve aur packages to other machines/distros?
Debian has the MPR https://mpr.makedeb.org/
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Debian User Repository MPR AUR for Debian
https://mpr.makedeb.org/ this is the link.
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Doesn’t using a different package manager defeat the purpose of Debian?
I know the MPR is a thing, but I've always found it unwieldy to use.
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LURE development progress update (December 2021)
So the main difference from something like MPR is that it does that same thing, but for more packages, not only .deb files?
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Newer packages on PopOS?
Regarding system repositores, it's generally best to avoid tampering with system repositories like this because it'll cause problems with release upgrades down the line. But if you really want to, look into https://mpr.makedeb.org/ with the expectation that a release upgrade with these packages installed will most likely fail.
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PSA: For all you ex-Arch users out there, check out `makedeb` and `lure` for all of your out-of-band software needs
makedeb - Like makepkg, but produces installable *.deb files. There are already lots of packages in the MPR
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ArchBuntu logo
Actually exists! https://mpr.makedeb.org/
- Daily dose of snap hate
- MPR - The AUR, For Debian
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Introducing Mist: An AUR-helper like application for Debian and Ubuntu based systems
Mist is powered by the MPR, an AUR-like repository that's also for Debian and Ubuntu based systems (of which I'm also the project lead for, as well as the makedeb project listed below). In short, it uses pretty much the same PKGBUILD format that you'd see on Arch Linux, but uses them to build .deb packages instead of Arch Linux packages.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing debtap and mprweb you can also consider the following projects:
Tdarr - Tdarr - Distributed transcode automation using FFmpeg/HandBrake + Audio/Video library analytics + video health checking (Windows, macOS, Linux & Docker)
pacstall - An AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu
Adopting-a-Penguin - Documentation of my migration from Windows to Linux as a daily driver.
makedeb - A simplicity-focused packaging tool for Debian archives
baph - baph - Basic AUR Package Helper
nixGL - A wrapper tool for nix OpenGL application [maintainer=@guibou]
pipman - Convert pip's packages to Arch Linux's PKGBUILDs
arch2appimage - This is a python script that downloads Arch Linux packages (Official/Chaotic AUR) and converts to an AppImage executable
workinglinux - A docker container for working.
org.blender.Blender
beets - music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger
lure - The community repository missing from your Linux distro