Re: Installing Intel Fortran on debian - db3 errors ?
On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 01:37:13PM -0500, B Thomas wrote:
> I am trying to install intel fortran 90 compiler on debian unstable.
> I get the following error :
>
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> Installation failed.
>
> I would be greatfull if you could give me a pointer on what may be
> wrong and if it is possible to install these rpm packages on debian.
> I am not familiar with rpm but know dpkg and alien well.
Don't attempt to install RPM packages directly with rpm on Debian
systems. Use alien to convert them to Debian packages instead.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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