Source RPM file

Penguin of Wonder · 02-07-2006, 04:03 PM

Ok. I'm using Ubuntu, which isn't my favorite distro, but it works and thats more than I can say for my install of Gentoo. So i'm trying to install the new version of Firefox since Ubuntu hasn't released it yet and for some reason the Ubuntu version of Firefox is slower than a donkey in a horse race. So I got an error that I need this library for it to work. I found the library on the internet, but its a "src.rpm" file. So finally, how do you install a src.rpm file? I've googled it and read all about what it is, and how to use it if I ran RedHat, but I don't. So can I still use it?
Thanks guys.

accessrichard · 02-07-2006, 04:39 PM

I do not use debian but hopefully I can be of assistance.

I believe there is a way to convert rpm's to deb packages and there are instructions here.

http://help.ubuntu.com/starterguide/...html#id2523895

However, I am not aware of any recent firefox updates, and am thinking that the newest version of firefox should be available using apt-get.

It is odd that the ubuntu version of firefox is slow. It should be optimized for ubuntu.

On a side note:
I generally find Firefox to be a slow browser in general. Since kde 3.5 I switched to konqueror which is an awsome browser/file manager. (it is very usable if you customize the interface) I also like opera since it is fast.

Penguin of Wonder · 02-07-2006, 04:46 PM

The latest version of Firefox available for Ubuntu (offically) using apt-get is 1.0.7. There's a bug report actually as to why the ubuntu version of firefox is so slow, but last I checked there had been very little progress on it. So i'm just trying to get the 1.5.1 version to work. I'll take a look at that page though. Thanks!

ethics · 02-07-2006, 06:23 PM

http://www.mozilla.com/products/down...nux&lang=en-US

What about that?? it's not a .deb but should work

brazilian_user · 02-07-2006, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by accessrichard

I do not use debian but hopefully I can be of assistance.

I believe there is a way to convert rpm's to deb packages and there are instructions here.

http://help.ubuntu.com/starterguide/...html#id2523895

However, I am not aware of any recent firefox updates, and am thinking that the newest version of firefox should be available using apt-get.

It is odd that the ubuntu version of firefox is slow. It should be optimized for ubuntu.

On a side note:
I generally find Firefox to be a slow browser in general. Since kde 3.5 I switched to konqueror which is an awsome browser/file manager. (it is very usable if you customize the interface) I also like opera since it is fast.

It's very easy to convert rpm's to deb packages. Do that:

apt-get install alien, then run this command:

alien rpmpackagename

This will create a new deb package...

Penguin of Wonder · 02-07-2006, 07:23 PM

I tried to use alien on the rpm I downloaded, but it returned an error.

Code:

steveno@Oliver:~/Desktop$ sudo alien gtk2-2.4.13-2.1.src.rpm
Package build failed. Here's the log:
dh_testdir
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k -d
dh_installdirs
dh_installdocs
dh_installchangelogs
find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -not -name debian -print0 | \
        xargs -0 -r -i cp -a {} debian/gtk2
dh_compress
dh_makeshlibs
dh_installdeb
dh_shlibdeps
dh_gencontrol
dpkg-gencontrol: error: current build architecture amd64 does not appear in package's list (i386)
dh_gencontrol: command returned error code 65280
make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1
find: gtk2-2.4.13: No such file or directory

I don't think the gtk projects makes a seperate version for each architecture. Is there a way around this?

accessrichard · 02-07-2006, 08:27 PM

To install gtk2 use

apt-get install gtk2

if that does not work

man apt

or

man apt-get

whatever the command is and look for the command that lets you search for packages, it will look something like

apt-get search gtk2

then find the correct name of tht gtk2 package and do a apt-get install (gtk2-package name)

GTK2 should be found in the apt Ubuntu repo's.

Penguin of Wonder · 02-08-2006, 12:16 AM

I figured out that if you use an archiving tool you can unpack a src.rpm file. After you unpack it that will give you the tarball which you can install. OK the install part is an assumption. But I don't see why you wouldn't be able to.

I fixed this problem by just install Gnome using Apt-get. When you install Gnome it has to have GTK2 to function properly. So this thread is solved. Thanks guys!