directly install RH packages using rpm instead of alien
Hi,
We all know that,
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| On Debian and derived systems it is recommended to use "alien" to
| convert RPM packages into .deb format instead of bypassing the Debian
| package management system by installing them directly with rpm.
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However, I'm wondering if it OK to install RH packages directly using rpm
instead of going through alien convention.
The reason that I'm asking is that,
- I'm installing a preparatory sw. It is only available in RH/Suse rpm
packages.
- There is a complicated installation script (think of being more
complicated than VMWare), and rpm installation is just one of its single
line.
- The only dependencies of the sw is actually JRE, so I'm hope I would
avoid the infamous RH dependency hell.
But there is still one dependency there, and I don't know how to satisfy
that.
Do you have any similar experiences?
Thanks
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