Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages

[André A . Gomes]

Gary Johnson <lambdatronic@disroot.org> writes:

> André A. Gomes <andremegafone@gmail.com> 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 install the `dpkg` package with `guix package -i dpkg`. Hope
> that helps.

Indeed.  I should have said that I did that, and then encountered the
following issue:

--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/dpkg: Read-only 
file system
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Any ideas?  I don't know much about .deb or .rpm.

Thank you Gary.


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André A. Gomes
"Free Thought, Free World"