Looking for information on Installing rmp files

[beachboy]

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.

[bryansmith]

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

Bryan

[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.

[beachboy]

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.

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?

[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.

[techieMoe]

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:

alien --to-deb somePackage.rpm

Which leaves you with somePackage.deb, which you can then install using dpkg:

dpkg -i somePackage.deb

Of course, this is only if you can't find any DEB packages or obtain the software you want using apt-get.