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05-24-2005	#1 (permalink)
Drool King Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Eh! Posts: 21	HOW TO INSTALL RPM IN KNOPPIX Hiyall!! I'm running knoppix 3.8.2 and is using it now to connect to the internet. I've downloaded an RPM but when I tried to install it, menu pops up saying I need to install using Alien. Could you please help me in the right direction? Thanks

05-24-2005	#2 (permalink)
budman7 Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Knee deep in Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 3,242	I don't mean to give you a RTFM, but if you try "man alien" that should give you some helpful information, such as syntax, and how alien converts rpm's to deb's. __________________ Go RedWings How to know if you are a geek. when you respond to "get a life!" with "what's the URL?" - Birger New users read The FAQ

05-30-2005	#3 (permalink)
borromini Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,429	Knoppix is Debian-based, and Debian uses .deb-files instead of .rpm Type: Code: alien -k [package] as root to convert the package to the .deb format __________________ Registered Linux User # 393717 and proud of it Check out www.zenwalk.org Zenwalk 2.8 - Xfce 4.4 beta 2- 2.6.17.6 kernel = Slack on steroids!

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