Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-21 Thread Timmy Douglas
André A. Gomes writes: > I was wondering if it was technically possible, though. But I > understand your comment that I'd get a "file not found" anyway. > > From a freedom perspective, what are my options? Running a virtual > machine with ubuntu/fedora for this sole purpose? you might consider

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-21 Thread André A . Gomes
Remco writes: > 2021/12/08 20:10, André A. Gomes: > >> From a freedom perspective, what are my options? Running a virtual >> machine with ubuntu/fedora for this sole purpose? > > I've had some success running debian packages from a chroot environment > on my guix installation. There's a deboots

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-12 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2021-12-12, Efraim Flashner wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 10:30:36AM +0100, Hartmut Goebel wrote: >> Le 8 décembre 2021 14:46:24 GMT-05:00, "André A. >> Gomes" a écrit : >> >> > --8<---cut here---start->8--- >> > $ sudo dpkg -i foo-package.deb >> > dpkg:

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-12 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 10:30:36AM +0100, Hartmut Goebel wrote: > Hi, > > Le 8 décembre 2021 14:46:24 GMT-05:00, "André A. > Gomes" a écrit : > > > --8<---cut here---start->8--- > > $ sudo dpkg -i foo-package.deb > > dpkg: error: unable to access the dpkg dat

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-10 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Hi, Le 8 décembre 2021 14:46:24 GMT-05:00, "André A. Gomes" a écrit : --8<---cut here---start->8--- $ sudo dpkg -i foo-package.deb dpkg: error: unable to access the dpkg database directory /gnu/store/902w5i1j38r33l6p871dyhng19zj1phk-dpkg-1.20.9/var/lib/dpk

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-08 Thread Remco
2021/12/08 20:10, André A. Gomes: > From a freedom perspective, what are my options? Running a virtual > machine with ubuntu/fedora for this sole purpose? I've had some success running debian packages from a chroot environment on my guix installation. There's a debootstrap package which allows

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-08 Thread André A . Gomes
Julien Lepiller writes: > I don't think it's a good idea to use a .deb or .rpm with guix, as > they contain precompiled software. Even considering free software, > they are compiled with a giver system (probably ubuntu and fedora, > respectively) that make them incompatible with guix. Even if you

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-08 Thread Julien Lepiller
I don't think it's a good idea to use a .deb or .rpm with guix, as they contain precompiled software. Even considering free software, they are compiled with a giver system (probably ubuntu and fedora, respectively) that make them incompatible with guix. Even if you successfuly installed them, I'

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-08 Thread André A . Gomes
Gary Johnson writes: > André A. Gomes writes: > >> Hi Guix, >> >> I'm wondering if it's possible to install .deb or .rpm packages on the >> Guix system. >> >> For context, my government only provides me these solutions to install a >> authentication plugin that I use with my ID (smart) card. >>

Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-08 Thread Gary Johnson
André A. Gomes writes: > Hi Guix, > > I'm wondering if it's possible to install .deb or .rpm packages on the > Guix system. > > For context, my government only provides me these solutions to install a > authentication plugin that I use with my ID (smart) card. > > Thanks. Hi André, You can inst

Run .deb or .rpm packages

2021-12-08 Thread André A . Gomes
Hi Guix, I'm wondering if it's possible to install .deb or .rpm packages on the Guix system. For context, my government only provides me these solutions to install a authentication plugin that I use with my ID (smart) card. Thanks. -- André A. Gomes "Free Thought, Free World"