rsync progress

[Liam Proven]

On 30 September 2013 23:11, sktsee <sktseer at gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess, but then I've never used alien to convert an RPM to a DEB, so I
> don't know what pitfalls, if any, you run into dealing with dependencies
> for different flavors of OS's (RPM based vs. Deb based).

I have. So long as you don't have any dependencies, you're all right.
One method is:

[1] install old version & all its deps
[2] remove old version
[3] install newer version
[3b] cross fingers and hope it doesn't have newer deps.

> Since rsync has
> very few dependencies, it would probably convert just fine.

That was kind of what I was thinking.

> However, from
> what I can tell neither site with the RPM's has 3.1.0 version listed yet.

Ah. Critical snag. Well spotted!

> Personally, I always check to see if there is an updated package in
> Debian Unstable, or from a PPA on launchpad before installing from a
> tarball. Unfortunately it hasn't been packaged on either site yet, but
> then again it's only been 2 days since it was released. :)

Well, yes, on both counts.

For mainly standalone stuff, alien works surprisingly well. Sometimes,
alien followed by a `apt-get install -f` will get you there, too.

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