Re: Dewbie Question: How can I install rpm package
On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 10:08:36AM -0500, Jianbo Zhang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just download sybase ase, it is in rpm format. I do not know how to
> install it in Debian. I am using Debian 2.0. Any help would be highly
> appreciated.
There is a debian rpm package but...it doesn't work on its own (not
being a distro which uses rpm we don't have the RPM package
information
and databases it needs) but... you can install alien which uses rpm.
my advice...I have used alien only a few times...
do this:
alien -tc RPMFILE.rpm
then you will have a tarball (RPMFILE.tgz) in the directory.
make a new dir temp and untar it into temp (mv RPMFILE.tgz
temp;cdtemp;
tar
xvf *)
This will give you a chance to look at it. I would recommend
installin git
by hand into /usr/local
-Steve
OTOH I used fvwm95 until I got kde working and if you open the
rpm with alien in the gui it will create a deb then you can dpkg -i
and install which I have done with both tgz and rpm, this is in deb 2.
Worked a treat which is fortunate as I know nothing about linux or
unix. Now I have to learn how to get loadlin working correctly so I
can dual boot. after that I need to learn how to set up ppp etcetra.
I am finding moving from win95 an enjoyable process but the
learning curve I am finding is pretty steep. I should have learned
how to program beforehand I think. Hopefully I haven't restated
what Steve said beforehand.
cheers,
Mike
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