Xucaen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: X> "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MPS> think so. Debian requires that all packages installed be done MPS> through it's packaging tools to maintain it's database. It also MPS> lays things out on the file system a little differently (better MPS> than most). X> X> what's this?? Does this mean that debian isn't compatible with X> other distros?
Well, the same could be said for Red Hat &c., except that when you're looking for packages you wind up with, for a given program, a dozen or so slightly different mutually incompatible packages that have a fractional chance of actually working with your installed system. If you really want to install an RPM-based package on your Debian system, you can convert between formats using Alien. There's no guarantee that it'll work or interface particularly well with your system, and in particular initialization scripts (under Debian, stuff under /etc/rc?.d) don't transfer over particularly well. Most things do at least *run* after Alien, though. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
