Re: PINE, Rpm, not installed?
On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 12:26:36PM +0200, Michel Clasquin wrote:
> On Sunday 10 March 2002 04:55, Joe wrote:
>
> > > > Rpm isnt there either...
>
> > > We're *not* Red Hat. Don't insult us with that.
> >
> > actually though, rpm & alien both are there, in stable, testing, and
> > unstable, and they seem to work quite well.
> >
> > If you wanted to go to rpmfind.net for something like pine, it just
> > might work.
>
> But surely, only if you tried to install something with no dependencies at
> all? After all, all the library files are registered debian style, not in
> the rpm database. Or is rpm only there because alien needs it?
>
Yes, alien depends on rpm, and AFAIK that's about the only reason rpm is
there. Alien will generate a deb file from an rpm, which have their own
method of dependency checking, so one thing alien does is attempt to
translate that. Then you install it with dpkg, which will of course
catch any conflicts. The few times I've used it I've been quite pleased.
CraigW
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