Re: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 06:42:51PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote:
> Tuesday 29 of July 2003 16:16 je &F pisal:
> >On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:50:03PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote:
> >> Is there any difference in Debian if you install from debs or rpms?
> >>
> >> I'm asking this because I have a rpm at home that's not installable
> >> because of some supposedly missing dependencies.
> >
> >Don't install RPM packages directly onto a Debian system; it's unsafe
> >and unsupported. Use alien instead to convert them into Debian
> >packages first.
>
> Thanks. I did as both have written and now the program is
> automagically installed! One question: What is the point of the rpm
> command if it is unsafe to install RPMs directly?
rpm has many other functions beyond just installing packages.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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