.deb on Suse ?

danielneis · 05-24-2005, 01:54 PM

Hey everyone,

is possible to install .deb packages on suse?

I was installing the umbrello uml modeler and it ask for libXext , a lib that seems to exist just in debian format.

anyone has some idea?

abisko00 · 05-24-2005, 02:39 PM

If you install the packages 'deb' and 'alien', you should be able to convert debian packages into rpm. I have never done that.

leadazide · 05-24-2005, 02:43 PM

Why not compiling from source?

danielneis · 05-24-2005, 03:21 PM

i can't find the source...

leadazide · 05-24-2005, 04:03 PM

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/u...r.bz2?download

and btw there must exist a package for suse... just search in Yast

craigevil · 05-24-2005, 05:04 PM

"Alien converts between the rpm, deb, Stampede slp, and Slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package from another distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install it."
http://freshmeat.net/projects/alien/

jschiwal · 05-24-2005, 05:13 PM

There is an rpm file for SuSE. Check your installaton disks. If you can't find it there, try the rpmfind site or the pbone site.

abisko00 · 05-25-2005, 03:45 AM

I found libXext in the following SUSE 9.1 rpm packages:

shlibs5-2001.7.30-209.i586.rpm
XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902-40.i586.rpm

A very usefull tool to search the distribution for files is 'pin': 'pin libXext' tells you in which packages this file is contained.

leadazide · 05-25-2005, 11:30 AM

It's not recommended to install XFree86-libs package on Suse 9.2 and upper, because you have XOrg.

yapp · 05-25-2005, 04:01 PM

Off course, you can also an RPM package compiled for SuSe 9.2: http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-...pment/umbrello

It was the second hit in google.. :-/

The index page of that site also contains some URLs you can include to your Yast installation sources, and install the software directly from yast.