Re: Howto convert DEB's to run in Fedora

2013-05-12 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 12.05.2013 17:09, schrieb Jim: > How can I convert a DEB to install in Fedora? don't do it * they are typically linked against other library versions * they have often incomatible locations * they are not built for run tehm on Fedora better ask "how do i build my own RPM" http://fedoraprojec

Re: Howto convert DEB's to run in Fedora

2013-05-12 Thread Doug
On 05/12/2013 11:09 AM, Jim wrote: How can I convert a DEB to install in Fedora ? You need a program called alien. If you don't have that, you'll have to get it somewhere. It should come with a man page. You may, however, run into dependency hell when you try and install one of the foreign pack

Re: Howto convert DEB's to run in Fedora

2013-05-12 Thread Itamar Reis Peixoto
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Jim wrote: > How can I convert a DEB to install in Fedora ? get the same source code used the generate the deb and use it to generate a rpm. -- Itamar Reis Peixoto -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subsc

Re: Howto convert DEB's to run in Fedora

2013-05-12 Thread Frank McCormick
On 05/12/2013 11:53 AM, Steven Stern wrote: On 05/12/2013 10:09 AM, Jim wrote: How can I convert a DEB to install in Fedora ? http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/11/alien-command-examples/ Get alien here: http://krege.fedorapeople.org/alien/ Next question: Is it a good idea or would you be bette

Re: Howto convert DEB's to run in Fedora

2013-05-12 Thread Steven Stern
On 05/12/2013 10:09 AM, Jim wrote: > How can I convert a DEB to install in Fedora ? http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/11/alien-command-examples/ Get alien here: http://krege.fedorapeople.org/alien/ Next question: Is it a good idea or would you be better off compiling the program from source? --

Howto convert DEB's to run in Fedora

2013-05-12 Thread Jim
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