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07-28-2005, 03:12 AM
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Registered: Feb 2005
Location: UK
Distribution: Knoppix 3.9, SimplyMEPIS 3.3.2, Mandrake 10.1, SUSE 10.0, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows XP Home + Pro
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Converting .rpm/.tar.gz to .deb packages
How do you do it? I have an Intel 865g graphics driver in both .rpm and .tar.gz formats, and I need to install the package in Mepis (which uses .deb packages). How do I convert the packages? It says something about using 'alien' and 'perl', but being a total Linux  I dont have a clue what it's on about! |
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07-28-2005, 03:48 AM
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Re: Converting .rpm/.tar.gz to .deb packages
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Originally posted by Eerath
How do you do it? I have an Intel 865g graphics driver in both .rpm and .tar.gz formats, and I need to install the package in Mepis (which uses .deb packages). How do I convert the packages? It says something about using 'alien' and 'perl', but being a total Linux I dont have a clue what it's on about!
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i dont know much about mepis or debian, but with the tar.gz (if it is a source pacakge) you can configure and make, and then use checkinstall to created a .deb package.
Search google for checkinstall there is probably a .deb package on the official website. |
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07-28-2005, 04:48 AM
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Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Between the chair and the desk
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Use alien for converting rpms to debs.
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07-28-2005, 05:53 AM
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Use alien for converting rpms to debs.
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Yes, but how |
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07-28-2005, 06:48 AM
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Sorry, I missed the last part of your first post:
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How do I convert the packages? It says something about using 'alien' and 'perl'
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I'm not sure on how could you use perl, but for alien see
http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/alien.1.html and
Last edited by harken; 07-28-2005 at 06:51 AM.
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