Re: using RHL 7's rpm in debian 2.2r2

[Matthias Wieser <hias@sbox.tugraz.at>]

Ankit Jain wrote:
> Is 'no to rpms' a general rule i shud follow or is it just with 'some'
> packages?
It is not a rule, but if you want to keep your system oand config files
in good shape, it is better to use the deb packages as they provide the
right dependencies for packages to follow.

You still can install them with alien, but it is not advised because
some information needed by dpkg is not provided and will leave the
database of the software installed not in the best shape ...
If you don care about the system being in a good state, just do what
ever you want, install rpm, tar.gz - but you leave the system in
inconsistent shape.

kernel for example should be build with make-kpkg
(provided by kernel-package)

You should at least convert the rpm with alien to a deb (I think that is
what it does :))



Ciao, mattHias



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