converting .deb to .rpm in RedHat environment

[pratyus]

I need to install a package on RedHat (packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/swftools).
The package is a .deb (for ubuntu).

I have been looking for converters to convert this.deb into .rpm so that I can install it on my system.

I found Alien (kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/), but Alien is also available as .deb package.

Is there any way I can convert a .deb into .rpm in Redhat environment?

Thanks,
Pratyus

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Have you already tried searching for an RPM package?

Most packages exist in an RPM format since Red Hat and Fedora are such popular distros:

swftools rpm - Google Search

[Rubberman]

If you are running Red Hat / Fedora / CentOS, they also can run apt-get to install a .deb package, I think. I haven't tried it, even though it is installed on my CentOS 5 system. However, I don't think that the yum package manager will see it once installed, though I am not certain of that. In any case, you are probably better off to either find the appropriate .rpm file if it exists, install using the yum package manager if the package is in your repositories (preferred), or install from source if all else fails.