Re: rpms

[servis@purdue.edu]

*- Rick Knebel wrote about "rpms"
> Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system?
> 
> Thanks
> Rick
> 

Install the alien package.  Read the man page and have fun.

Package: alien
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
Version: 6.03hamm2
Depends: debhelper, perl
Recommends: rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make
Suggests: patch
Description: Install Red Hat and Slackware Packages with dpkg.
 Alien allows you to convert Red Hat and Slackware Packages into Debian
 packages, which can be installed with dpkg.
 .
 It can also convert into Slackware and Red Hat packages.
 .
 This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.


Brian 
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