How do you unpack an .rpm?

**Okay123** · 08-20-2005

Hello. What program should i use to unpack .rpm-files on Debian KDE? And where do i get it? Thank you. Because there is no program for unzipping them forehand at me.

**aysiu** · 08-20-2005

alien -i packagename.rpm, I believe, and you should be operating as root or sudo.

**Okay123** · 08-20-2005

It says just "bash: alien: command not found"
Any other idea? Shouldn't i use a program to unzip them first? What program should i use?
By the way, how do i then install/unzip .deb-files?
Thank you.

oz · 08-20-2005

Is there some reason you aren't using apt-get? It's much easier than messing around with rpms and such.

**ThoughtVelocity** · 08-20-2005

You initially won't have alien so you'll have to:

Code:

apt-get install alien

Then follow aysiu's advice.

**aysiu** · 08-20-2005

Originally Posted by Ozar

Is there some reason you aren't using apt-get? It's much easier than messing around with rpms and such.

Oh, yeah. Good point. By all means, try to apt-get something or use .debs before going to .rpms. If you must use an RPM, alien's the way to do it, though.

**Okay123** · 08-20-2005

Then i typed "apt-get install alien", it said:
"E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the adminstration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

Now i am 100% sure that i logged in with the username and password, that i made then i installed Debian. And that's the only username i have made so far. Now how do i log in as "root"?
By the way, how do you then install .deb-files? And what is this "apt-get", that you talked about? And what exactly is that "apt-get" Ozar was talking about. Isn't that just typing in the Konsole too?

**aysiu** · 08-20-2005

According to the Debian installation manual:

http://www.debian.org/releases/stabl...e-config-users

you should have created passwords for both the root account and the user account.

**Okay123** · 08-20-2005

I dont remember that i made a password for a superuser. Oh well, i'll probably just have to look into that later.

How do you then install .deb-files? And .run-files?

oz · 08-20-2005

Originally Posted by Okay123

And what exactly is that "apt-get" Ozar was talking about. Isn't that just typing in the Konsole too?

Apt-get (Debian package management) documentation:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html

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