Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 03:48:45PM -0800, Charlie Zender wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Wow. The help people are sending is incredible! This is the first
> message I've posted to Debian User since I switched to Debian
> a few weeks ago. I havn't needed to post anything else because it
> just works, but these Intel compilers are a real challenge.
>
> 1. I tried "alien"'ing the RPMS and then manually changing INSTALL_DIR
> in the scripts. This did not work for me. YMMV.
> 2. Creating a new partition with RedHat just for this is the software
> equivalent of building a second Taj Mahal because your wife does not
> like the color of the first one.
Well HD is cheap. 500MB - 1GB for hassle free access is needed, this s
the only way guaranteed.
> 3. I asked Intel if they would supply Debian-compatible compilers
> to their customers. FYI, their rather helpful reply is below. Basically
> they seem to be saying that I can do a manual install along the lines
> of what I tried but using rpm2cpio instead of alien. Maybe this will
> work better, I have not tried it yet.
See below along this trick. Dependencies to other libraries will be a
bitch but .... if you wish...
> 4. If anyone has a working solution, please let me know how you did it.
> 5. I am using debian unstable, so it does not have to run on woody.
OK,
One more try on 3rd option :-)
Open RPM with "mc" and copy files to where ever you think should go.
Here "mc" is midnight commander. Unstable got new version, so it may be
rough edged but I think testing is still old one.
I know this is totally manual and stupid, but it should work if package
dependencies does not bite you. ("mc" runs rpm2cpio inside but does it
transparently for you.)
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