Debian/Ubuntu based Linux distros use .deb file to distribute and install packages, but Arch based Linux doesn't have that kind of feature built-in. With tools like debtap, we'll be able to convert a .deb file into Arch Linux package with PKGBUILD then install the package with pacman.
Debian/Ubuntu is the most supported Linux distro, the softwares only provide .deb package for installation are not uncommon:
==> Synchronizing pkgfile database...
:: Updating 3 repos...
download complete: core [ 948.7 KiB 872K/s 2 remaining]
download complete: extra [ 9.2 MiB 1575K/s 1 remaining]
download complete: community [ 24.8 MiB 1899K/s 0 remaining]
:: download complete in 13.38s < 35.0 MiB 2.61M/s 3 files >
:: waiting for 1 process to finish repacking repos...
==> Synchronizing debtap database...
==> Downloading latest virtual packages list...
==> Generating base group packages list...
==> All steps successfully completed!
Output
Converting .deb File
debtap pacakge.deb
Bash
==> Extracting package data...
==> Fixing possible directories structure differencies...
==> Generating .PKGINFO file...
:: Enter Packager name:
:: Enter package license (you can enter multiple licenses comma separated):
*** Creation of .PKGINFO file in progress. It may take a few minutes, please wait...
==> Checking and generating .INSTALL file (if necessary)...
:: If you want to edit .PKGINFO and .INSTALL files (in this order), press (1) For vi (2) For nano (3) For default editor (4) For a custom editor or any other key to continue:
==> Generating .MTREE file...
==> Creating final package...
==> Package successfully created!
==> Removing leftover files...
Output
