makedeb
A simplicity-focused packaging tool for Debian archives (by makedeb)
paconvert
Makes converting PKGBUILDS into pacscripts easier (by pacstall)
makedeb | paconvert | |
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19 | 2 | |
455 | 6 | |
1.3% | - | |
3.7 | 0.0 | |
8 months ago | over 2 years ago | |
Shell | Shell | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
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.
makedeb
Posts with mentions or reviews of makedeb.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-30.
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Introducing Mist: An AUR-helper like application for Debian and Ubuntu based systems
Mist comes into play just like you'd expect an AUR helper to. Like how you have makepkg on Arch Linux, makedeb exists for the Debian/Ubuntu side, which is also what powers Mist.
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Installed WINE, Ubuntu commited suicide. Guess that's goodbye 👋
This is why the makedeb, MPR, Pacstall, and una projects are so exciting. They could bring that robustness and ease of installation to Ubuntu. Hopefully some day the MPR becomes as popular as the AUR.
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makedeb 14.0.0: Create Debian packages directly from PKGBUILDs
makedeb: Website, GitHub
- Is flatpak really the future?
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darktable CR3 build in AUR(archlinux)
If you are not on an archlinux(or arch-based) distro, there is a tool for converting the arch package into .deb. The ones I could find: - makedeb. - pacstall. This has a separate script for converting - https://github.com/pacstall/paconvert
- I use Debian btw
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AUR far easier than Debian installation system?
It's called makedeb: https://github.com/makedeb/makedeb
- What is your preferred way of getting up to date packages and software that is not in the official repository?
- Makedeb – Create Debian Archives from PKGBUILDs
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[Product Release] Introducing the Debian User Repository: The AUR for Debian distros (More info in the comments)
Well first things first: makedeb. This was a result of me loving Arch Linux's simple and efficient PKGBUILD format for creating packages. Got tired of Debian packaging, so I make Arch's work.
paconvert
Posts with mentions or reviews of paconvert.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-19.
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Pacstall v3.0.0 release
We do have a tool (https://github.com/pacstall/paconvert) to convert PKGBUILDs to Pacscripts, but it won't do a 1 to 1 conversion
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darktable CR3 build in AUR(archlinux)
If you are not on an archlinux(or arch-based) distro, there is a tool for converting the arch package into .deb. The ones I could find: - makedeb. - pacstall. This has a separate script for converting - https://github.com/pacstall/paconvert
What are some alternatives?
When comparing makedeb and paconvert you can also consider the following projects:
pacstall - An AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu
mpm - makedeb package manager
pacstall - Outdated, please you https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall
lfs-scripts - Automated script to build Multilib LFS system + livecd
shpkg - package manager written in bash
mprweb - Hosting platform for the makedeb Package Repository (MPR)
pacstall-programs - Pacstall's official program repository
flat-manager - Manager for flatpak repositories
makedeb-get - Manage packages for makedeb
keyboard-center - Application for mapping macro keys on Logitech keyboards
archinstall - Arch Linux installer - guided, templates etc.