> I used alien like the following: > > alien -d xxxx.rpm > > but an error msg was printed out: > > sh: cpio command not found.
Exactly what it says - install cpio pick:/$ dpkg -s cpio Package: cpio Status: install ok installed Priority: important Section: utils Installed-Size: 114 Maintainer: Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 2.4.2-16 Replaces: mt-st, cpio-mt Depends: libc6 Conflicts: mt-st, cpio-mt Description: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files. GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats as well as reading and writing tar files. . This package also includes rmt, the remote tape server, and GNU mt, a tape drive control program. The mt program is essential for magnetic tape drive users. Debian's version of GNU mt supports SCSI tape drives. HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
