Tuesday 29 of July 2003 16:16 je &F pisal: >On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:50:03PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote: >> Is there any difference in Debian if you install from debs or rpms? >> >> I'm asking this because I have a rpm at home that's not installable >> because of some supposedly missing dependencies. > >Don't install RPM packages directly onto a Debian system; it's unsafe >and unsupported. Use alien instead to convert them into Debian packages >first. > >Cheers, > >-- >Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks. I did as both have written and now the program is automagically installed! One question: What is the point of the rpm command if it is unsafe to install RPMs directly? Thanks again. jernej zidar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
