[arch-general] How to install AfterShot Pro for 64-bit from deb?

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 12 July 2012 21:42, rafael ff1 <rafael.f.f1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/7/12 Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>:
>>
>> I have been trying to install the AfterShot Pro from AUR packages,
>> full story is here [1]. It uses RPM-packaged i386 binaries.
>>
>> Because I run Arch 64-bit, I'd prefer to install 64-bit binaries,
>> but those are available as Linux Debian (64-bit) deb package [2]
>>
>> I've been trying to find out how to install .deb package on Arch,
>> but all recipes I found are out of date now.
>>
>> Could  anyone explain me how to install AfterShot from the deb package?
>>
>> [1] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2012-July/019551.html
>> [2] http://apps.corel.com/lp/aftershot/download/index.html
>
>
> $ar xf <package>.deb
> $tar xf data.tar.gz
>
> and you will have all files inside "${srcdir}"/usr

Thanks Rafael.

Meanwhile, I managed to install the AUR package with help from
aur-general folks.
Then, I have learned the 64-bit package actually provides i386
binaries (comments [2]).

Long story short, if anyone interested, AfterShot Pro installed from
the AUR package [2]
is recommended way.

[1] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2012-July/019553.html
[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55712

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net