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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: patzoul on May 02, 2006, 09:42:53 am

Title: Ar Command
Post by: patzoul on May 02, 2006, 09:42:53 am

I need to use the ar command to unpack a .deb package but I dont have it installed on my Zaurus. Where can I get it?

Title: Ar Command
Post by: InSearchOf on May 02, 2006, 11:06:23 am

The best thing I can tell you to do if you want to get it done and over with... Copy it to a desktop machine running linux and extract it there then copy it back to the Zaurus...
quick and easy until someone comes up with a package...

Title: Ar Command
Post by: Chero on May 02, 2006, 11:35:58 am

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I need to use the ar command to unpack a .deb package but I dont have it installed on my Zaurus. Where can I get it?
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it should be in "binutils" package (it works on my Z running beta3)

Chero

Title: Ar Command
Post by: Meanie on May 02, 2006, 11:44:50 am

i wrote a perl script to convert .deb files into .ipk files without requiring ar.
its in my ipk-tools package