High, On 7 Sep 2001, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > Hello, > > I need to test a piece of software under Debian/testing that it's being > distributed in .srpm format only. Is there any way under debian to > "unpack" this thing so that I can attempt to compile it? > You could try to use 'alien'. It should convert it to a Debian source package. Alternatively, you can install the package 'rpm' and unpack the rpm thing. Greetz, Sebastiaan