Looking for information on Installing rmp files

11-28-2005	#1 (permalink)
beachboy Linux Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Rockford, MI 49341 Posts: 125	Looking for information on Installing rmp files Hello all, I'm Looking for information on Installing rmp files in knoppix. I'm new to this and have not been able to getthem to install. __________________ <advertising NOT allowed in signatures>

11-28-2005	#2 (permalink)
bryansmith Linux Guru Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: /Ontario/Canada Posts: 2,623	Do you mean rpm files? If so, then you should look into using apt to install programs. Bryan __________________ Looking for a distro? Look here. "There can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience." - Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason) Queen's University - Arts and Science 2008 (Sociology) Registered Linux User #386147.

11-28-2005	#3 (permalink)
techieMoe Super Moderantor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,269	You can install RPM files in a Debian-based system (like Knoppix) using a program called alien, however as mentioned earlier, it's best if you install things using your distribution's native package scheme, such as DEB, using apt-get. __________________ Registered Linux user #270181 TechieMoe's Tech Rants

11-28-2005

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beachboy

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Originally Posted by bryansmith

Do you mean rpm files? If so, then you should look into using apt to install programs.

Bryan

Yes I did my fingers hit the wrong keys.

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techieMoe, You can install RPM files in a Debian-based system (like Knoppix) using a program called alien, however as mentioned earlier, it's best if you install things using your distribution's native package scheme, such as DEB, using apt-get.

I have heard of alien not sure how it works?

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11-28-2005	#5 (permalink)
genesus Linux Engineer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,366	alien works pretty well if you can't find it in apt repositories or as a .deb. You can use alien to convert the rpm to a deb and then install with your native package management system, if memory serves me correctly. __________________ Operating System: GNU Emacs

11-29-2005

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techieMoe

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Originally Posted by genesus

alien works pretty well if you can't find it in apt repositories or as a .deb. You can use alien to convert the rpm to a deb and then install with your native package management system, if memory serves me correctly.

Yes. Alien works by converting the RPM into a DEB. The approximate syntax is this:

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