"Noah John" <minotaur@hotmail.com> writes: > can you even use rpms in debian? i ask because i was under the > immpression only .debs were usable... For some values of "can", yes. Alien can convert a .rpm to a .deb, but it isn't magic. It can't add patches to convert a package to comply with the FHS/Debian policy, or add menu/debconf/alternatives support, etc etc.