Re: RPMs on debian

2004-04-02 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040402 04:58]: > http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=alien&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all FYI: You can use just http://packages.debian.org/alien. Easier to remeber, shorter, won't break in youre mailreader, and will

Re: RPMs on debian

2004-04-01 Thread Lorenzo Prince
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thus spake Phil: # Is there a way to install RPMs on Debian? Two ways I can think of: 1) apt-get install alien alien --to-deb package.rpm 2) mkdir /var/lib/rpm rpm --initdb then install the package with rpm -i package.rpm --nodeps If you have comm

Re: RPMs on debian

2004-04-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to install RPMs on Debian? Yes. Alien. But ultimately, you should just be using .debs instead. Pester your developer. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=alien&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all -- .'