Re: Installing rpm in Debian

["D." <youto_22554@yahoo.com>]

--- Partha Sarathy <sara_mit2001@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Hi ,I am sarathy calling from India.How to install
> rpm packages in Debian.I ran 'rpm -i <rpm pavkage
> name? >,but it reported that it could not read from
> 'db3' some indexing problems.What is 'db3' .Please
> help me install the rpm package in Debian.Mail
> me.Mail ID :sara_mit2001@yahoo.co.in                
>                                                     
>  Thank you.                  
Sarathy,
  Have you tried to find the program that you trying
to install as a .deb?  If you have a internet
connection you can do apt-get update then apt-cache
search <package name> If that does not find the
program then like everyone has suggested use alien.
HTH
Don

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