Lincvs package in Ubuntu 5.10

[Scott]

On 10/22/2005 04:59 AM, 'Forum Post wrote:

>This worked for me:
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>Go into Synaptic. If -kdelibs-, -fakeroot-, -alien- and -cvs- aren't
>installed, install them, and exit Synaptic.
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>Download the lincvs .deb into e.g. /tmp from your nearest mirror:
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>http://tinyurl.com/bh4lc
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>Code:
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>    cd /tmp
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>  fakeroot alien --to-tgz lincvs_1.4.0-2_i386.deb
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>  fakeroot alien --to-deb lincvs-1.4.0.tgz
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>  sudo dpkg -i lincvs_1.4.0-2_all.deb
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>  lincvs &
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>
>John
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What does converting it to and from a Slackware package do?