Re: Inquiry:How to add a command to Debian server ?

[Ken Teague <keteague@gmail.com>]

hadi motamedi wrote:
> Dear All
> Can you please do me favor and let me know how can I add a command to 
> my Debian server ? Please be informed that I found on the web that if 
> I can find the new command rpm package , then I can try to add it as 
> the followings :
> #rpm -i ./package.i386.rpm
> It seems that the link at www.pbone.net <http://www.pbone.net/> 
> contains the rpm packages for most distro , except for the Debian . 
> Can you please let me have the link to try for adding a command (like 
> dmidecode) to my Debian server ?
> Let me thank you in advance
>  
You should try to avoid installing software that is not in .deb format.  
As Juha stated, use apt-cache search to see if there's already a Debian 
package for it.  If there's not, I'd suggest installing the program from 
source before installing an RPM or whatnot.  If you have no other choice 
than to install an RPM, you can use "alien" to install it.