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Did you follow the instructions here: http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/? whenever I have needed to install apt4rpm those instructions have worked for me.
It may be that they are already installed. Open a console, use su to become root and type in apt-get update. What happens?
If it isn't installed, still as root in the console, cd to where the apt rpms are and type in rpm -ivh <first package name>.rpm what happens then? Repeat with the other rpms.
If I type apt-get update, it says apt-get is not there. I'm sure it isn't anyways.
If I do the rpm thing, it outputs:
error: Failed dependencies:
perl-XML-LibXML is needed by apt4rpm-0.68.2-2
apt-server is needed by apt4rpm-0.68.2-2
This is with the apt4rpm-0.68.2-2.noarch.rpm file.
However, I installed the development tools with RH9, all 174MB of it ... this is a one-hour fresh installation on a friend's machine. I friggin converted him, and now he dual-boots
I got the RPM perl-XML-LibXML but it won't install either! It dose stuff and shows a progress bar, but it only goes to 100% once time real fast and quits (it's supposed to go a couple times). Man, I need this apt-utils prog to work. When I get it, I can update RH9 and download the video drivers I need for the updated stuff ...
perl-XML-LibXML is needed by apt4rpm-0.68.2-2
apt-server is needed by apt4rpm-0.68.2-2
You should download and install those two packages, like with:
rpm -ivh <package-name>.rpm
Then you could try to see if they are installed, by doing:
rpm -qa | grep perl-XML-
and
rpm -qa | grep apt-server
eventually you can double check if the files are installed on your system. By using command "rpm" to list the files of a package and see with "locate" if there are installed. (of course you have to do "updatedb" first)
rpm -ql <packagename> (I dont remember exactly what the command was)
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