How do I install WP 8.1 (from a CLOS boxed set) on some other Linux distribution?
The main file you’ll need from the CLOS boxed-set CD-ROM is a 40 MB one called wp-full_8.1-nn_i386.deb, where “nn” is the package version number, which will depend on the vintage of CLOS you have (and doesn’t matter much). On any .deb-based distribution (such as Debian, Xandros Desktop OS, Libranet, Linspire / LindowsOS, Ubuntu Linux, Knoppix, Gnoppix, Morphix, Progeny Debian, Progeny Componentized Linux, Impi Linux, Skolelinux, MEPIS Linux, Kanotix, CLOS, Stormix, etc.), just do “dpkg -i packagename”, as usual. WP probably won’t be auto-added to your distribution’s menus: The startup binary is “xwp”. On other distributions, you can use Joey Hess’s “alien” utility to create an approximately equivalent RPM package, a Slackware .tgz package, a Solaris .pkg package, or a Stampede Linux .slp package. Alternatively, you can use the standard “ar” archive utility to pull apart the .deb file and install the pieces manually. The HOWTO documents linked from http://linux-sxs.org/utilities/wp_inde
