Basicly the title says it all. i want to get rpm on my knoppmyth.
apt-get install rpm doesnt work. does anyone know will rpm hurt anything. If not how do i get it on the system.. lol an rpm file wont help me

well first you should not need rpm installed on a debian based system. what you use is alien to convert the rpm package to a .deb package and install that. But of course the best bet is to find a debian package if available. What are you trying to install that is rpm only?

using rpm's shouldn't hurt anything, almost the same thing as a deb

as for using apt-get you might want to try apt-cache search rpm to search for the correct naming of the rpm package

ROFL i have been so intent on installing RPM, cause it wasnt there that i have forgotten the original reason i needed rpm installed. Im sure there was some package i wanted!!

On a somewhat releated note all these distro are leaving my headed spinning! started getting used to Rpm.... (redhat) Then i moved to mandrake and sorta got used to urpm.. and now im using apt-get and were talking about .deb packages.... i cant figure out why people are scared of linux anyway what is the command for install debs?
also alien is a command to roll rpm's into debs.. thats good to know.

Thanks to turkish for That was a command i desprestly needed!

well most debian packages are installed directly from the web with apt-get, but if for some reason the package doesn't have a repository then you use dpkg -i

I remember!! not that is matters to much.. i wanted to install myth cvs's ...see my other post. someone has them packaged in rpm's

You're probably referring to Axel's RPMs for Fedora. Either install Fedora to use those RPMS or install CVS from source on KnoppMyth. Just in case you're wondering, I won't be releasing CVS debs...

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right as usual cesman.. i was refering to axels rpms.. and i didnt relieze that you couldnt install them on knoppmyth.. I can take commfort in knowing i would have figured it out long about the time my system fell apart!

ok then im off to install from source! lol



i wouldnt have asked you have enough on your plate keeping this awsome product running!

Thanks.

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cesman

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