On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:11:17PM -0800, Jim Woodruff wrote: > > How does someone install interactively? I've searched the maillist > > archives and the man pages without success. I'm trying to install > > a package that inturn unpacks and installs another .rpm file. > ^^^^^^^ ^??? > I do not understand. What format does your "package" uses? > > rpm (for Redhat and its brothers) > tar.gz (Source file) > tgz (Slackware?) > deb (Yours truly) > > > Neither "dpkg -i" or "apt-get install" work as they are in non- > > interactive modes. > > If you want to install binary package in rpm form, "alien" will convert > it to deb format. > > Another way is brows its content by "midnight commander" and copy files > to appropriate directory. > I apologize for not being very clear with my question. This is my problem:
I'm running a DEC Alpha using Debian 3.0 (unstable). Compaq has made their Tru64 Unix CCC and C++ compilers availabe for the Linux Alphas. But Compaq doesn't allow redistribution of their software. Consequently, I have to get consent from them and download their programs (in Red Hat rpm format) and then apt-get (this is where I'm hung up) the ccc and cxx .deb packages from the debian unstable ftp directory that installs the Compaq files. I have downloaded the file from Compaq and when I "apt-get install" the ccc package from Debian, it exits with the following error: "You are running in non-interactive mode and the Compaq needs to prompt ... Please re-install it in interactive mode." I've also tried "dpkg -i" with the downloaded Debian ccc package with the same results. I've also tried converting the Red Hat rpm file with alien but it does not build correctly and the resultant .deb package doesn't install correctly. Can anyone shed some light or have pearls of wisdom they like to share? Jim Woodruff < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
