Install .deb package on rpm based distribution

sailajabhandaru · 12-12-2005, 10:20 PM

Hi all,
I have a application which is of .deb package
But I am using Fedora which is RPM based Distribution.
How can I install .deb package on RPM based Distribution.
Can anyone specify the command for it?

Thanks In Advance,
Sailaja Bhandaru.

wolorf · 12-12-2005, 10:26 PM

I believe that the program "alien" will take care of that for you. It allows conversion between .rpm, .deb, .tgz and a few other formats. I don't know where you'd find the program itself, but maybe a google search will work well enough. This site has the source for alien, but maybe you don't want to compile it. Just search around on google linux or maybe its already installed or you can find it easily with some cd that you have, etc. Good luck.

sailajabhandaru · 12-12-2005, 10:36 PM

Thanks for the quick response.
My application got installed and working properly
using alien which is really wonderful...

Thanks,
Sailaja Bhandaru