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Old 01-03-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Using .rpm's in DSL
I was told that DSL can use .rpm's, but I don't know how. I've tried to run one, but DSL doesn't recognize the file type. I don't know if it matters, but I've installed DSL to my hard drive, and enabled dpkg. Do I have to do anything to before I can use .rpm's?
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my guess....
is

in a console
apt-get install rpm

once done
man rpm
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I've never really used apt-get, but doesn't it need internet access? Because I don't have internet access on that machine.
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You can use alien to convert the rpm to a deb and then install that. You will have to look at the man page for alien on how to convert the package to a deb. When it is a deb, simply do (as root):
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dpkg -i <package>.deb
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Thanks. I've downloaded alien, and I am going to try it.
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