Re: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED

2003-07-29 Thread Bob Proulx
J. Zidar wrote: > One question: What is the point of the rpm command if it is unsafe > to install RPMs directly? The rpm command is a multifunction tool. It installs and removes packages, sure. But it also builds packages. Therefore if you are going to build an rpm package on Debian or unpack a

Re: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED

2003-07-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 06:42:51PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote: > 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

Re: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED

2003-07-29 Thread Tom Badran
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 17:42, J. Zidar wrote: > 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? Its needed for LSB compliance, and i think alien uses it or its librar

Re: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED

2003-07-29 Thread J. Zidar
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.