Greetings,

Since installing Knoppix last week I've been searching for applications to download. Been unable to because there are usually several associated files, and I don't understand how dependencies, libraries, etc, work yet. I finally found a zipped file hoping it would be complete and install itself as needed, but it didn't work. Here's the info:

name
bdc
summary
BitDefender 7.0/Linux
version
7.0.1 -2
group
System Environment/Utilities
size
2255703
description
Bitdefender 7.0/Linux 7.0 beta This beta version of BitDefender for Linux should work on all Linux distributions. It was tested on RedHat 7.0 and Slackware 8.0
unsatisfied dependencies
cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
depends
/bin/sh , /bin/sh , rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) (<= 4.0-1), ld-linux.so.2 , libc.so.6 , libdl.so.2 , libm.so.6 , libpthread.so.0 , libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) , libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) , libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.3) , libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) , libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) , libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) , libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) , libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1) , rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) (<= 3.0.4-1)
provides
bdcore.so, bdupd.so, libfn.so, bdc
distribution
(none)
vendor
SOFTWIN SRL
packager
(none)
build-time
Mon 22 Apr 2002 06:35:38 PM CEST
filename
/root/.kpackage/ bdc-7.0.1-3.i386.rpm

What am I missing to get this file to open? Does "db3" refer to Debian?

Thanks.

hmm....
well i'm a debian user but i hear knoppix is based on debian so i'll give you a debian way of setting things up. first i assume you unzipped the file okay . what you are left with is an rpm(package format). this is redhat's and a fair amount of other distros. I am guessing that knoppix is supposed to support a bunch of different package systems. if so who knows. anyhow there is a debian program called alien this should convert it to a deb file(debians package format). from there an should go out and get all dependencies not filled in the system. and install what is needed. good luck.