Qt4 package is compiling, and expect it soon to appear in the repository
darkcity,
How to install Arch package in Alpha OS?
- script called paka used for making ArchPup is still here in Alpha, so you can install
any Arch package from
any date. package is first converted to spkg format and then installed:
1) (optional) open /usr/bin/paka and change date if you want (default
date="2013/03/18")
2) type: paka -Syu. This will make packages list
3) Search for package: paka -Ss pkgname
4) Convert and install package: paka -S
fullpackagename
5) Convert but do not install package:paka -Sd
fullpackagename
Important: Script does not resolve dependencies, and 2nd argument must be full package name
This is for directly installing Arch packages, I prefer to convert PKGBUILD to def and then compile package in Alpha OS,
although sometimes it only make sense to use Arch packages. For example gparted in Alpha is just converted Arch package
as compiling whole gtkmm, glibmm, cairomm.... for just one program would be ridiculous.
How to convert PKGBUILD from Arch to compatible def script?
spkg -a pkgname
Conversion is very good but not perfect; for example package function may require editing and package category is always set to development.
This works for ALL Arch packages, for those in official repositories and also for AUR
https://aur.archlinux.org/