Re: non-Debian package
On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:49:10 +0100, Florian Bartels writes:
>Holp, John Mr. (holpj@nwc.navy.mil) wrote:
>> alien package_name.rpm
>>
>> Will apparently convert/create a Red Hat ".rpm" package to a Debian
>> ".deb" package ??
>
>IHMO Yes
It does.
>> I don't think apt or apt-get need or understand packages with the
>> .deb suffix. So is it possible to use apt or apt-get on a non-Debian
>> package to install it on a Debian system?
>>
>My alien version it has the option -i which installs a package
install the converted .deb with `dpkg -i <filename>`
cheers,
&rw
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