On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 07:36:11AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness imagined: > On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 22:48, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > #include <hallo.h> > > > Zenaan Harkness [Sat, Feb 07 2004, 04:20:47AM]: > > > > > > > sys-admins on Linux systems, and they feel much better > > > > when software is in .rpm, because that's what they know. > > > > > > Don't RPM distros now have apt/ alien to install? (ie. so > > > they can install .deb archives) ??? > > > > APT does not install anything. It manages to retrieve the > > correct packages and then lets the actual package manager do > > the work. It is dpkg for Debian systems and rpm for > > RPM-based ones. > > My ultimate question is (since it's obviously not obvious) - > can a .deb Debian package be installed on a .rpm based > distribution? AFAIK, 'alien' will do this (with varying success). Have Fun with GNU/Linux, Raymond -- "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" (Gandhi)
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