Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread John Galt
Install package rpm, then just rpm -Uvh. You may have some dependency issues though (rpm doesn't recognize when a .deb covers a dependency). On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Holp, John Mr. wrote: >Debian Warriors, > > Is there a general technique or utility that allows one to install a >non-Debina pa

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 09:45:24AM -0500, Holp, John Mr. wrote: > > man alien, whereis alien, whatis alien, etc., etc produce no > indication of such a thing on my Debian 2.2.17 machine. apt-get install alien

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:49:10 +0100, Florian Bartels writes: >Holp, John Mr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> alien package_name.rpm >> >> Will apparently convert/create a Red Hat ".rpm" package to a Debian >> ".deb" package ?? > >IHMO Yes It does. >> I don't think apt or apt-

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 09:45:24AM -0500, Holp, John Mr. wrote: > Debian Warriors, > > Is there a general technique or utility that allows one to install a > non-Debina package on a Debian system? > > I am finding very sketchy information about a thing called > "alien" s

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Florian Bartels
Holp, John Mr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Debian Warriors, > > Is there a general technique or utility that allows one to install a > non-Debina package on a Debian system? > > I am finding very sketchy information about a thing called > "alien" syntax something like;