Re: rpm dependencies problem (yes, rpm!)
>I'm trying to install a software-package on Debian potato. It's "Novell
>NDS 8.5". The good thing is, that it needs a 2.2-kernel and glibc
>v.2.1.3, exactly what potato comes with. But: I'm unable to install that
>program, because it's installation is really dirty. On the install-CD,
>there are lots of *.rpms, which are installed by some obscure
>install-script (not directly with rpm). Now the problem is, that the
>installation breaks, because it says, some packages are not installed
>(glibc not found, /bin/sh not found etc). But they are installed, I
>think "rpm" is just not aware of that. Is there a way to tell rpm (maybe
>with alien?), what packages/files are installed (eventhough they are
>*.deb packages?).
well what i'd do would be to copy the cd to disk, alienise the rpm's to deb edit the script changing .rpm to .deb and rpm -i to dpkg -i and take it for a spin....
but i'd do a good backup first
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