how do i use Alien on ubuntu 5.04?
ok well i have ubuntu 5.04 and i just got told u can convert rpm files to deb files using Alien so i used ubuntu's package manager and got Alien thing is im in experienced and dunno how to even run Alien yet alone convert could some one run me trhough what i do after installing alien?
help much appreciated thanks in advanced - Kriogenic |
Run it using sudo:
Code:
sudo alien -i name_of_file.rpm Code:
man alien |
thanks for the help worked great :)
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*SIGH* can some one please help me it worked once and didnt work again i have an rpm file i want made into a deb and i got this error
Code:
mkdir: cannot create directory `skype-1.2.0.21-1mdk.i586.rpm:': File exists Code:
sudo alien -i skype_1.2.0.21_1mdk.i586.rpm |
Easy way would be to add the folowing:
# Official site for latest version of skype. deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free to your /etc/apt/sources.list then use apt-get skype to install Using Alien to convert rpms to deb doesn't always work..Try searching www.apt-get.org or making sure you have all the available Ubuntu repositories checked in Synaptic. |
ok i also know why it didnt work it didnt work because i was using fire fox and it stopped the download at half way and i didnt know so all of the file wasnt there im trying gain in a minute and see if it works then if not i will try the way posted by craigevil said and it should work wich is a good thing
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