.rpm files

Innovafan · 08-23-2006, 11:19 AM

Ok sometimes I have downloaded a file with the .rpm extension and have tried to open it, but get a error message that it can not
be opened ?
Any work around to open the file ?

dolan

Optiker · 08-23-2006, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innovafan

Ok sometimes I have downloaded a file with the .rpm extension and have tried to open it, but get a error message that it can not
be opened ?
Any work around to open the file ?

dolan

If you're using (K)Ubuntu...RPMs are packages for Redhat, and (K)Ubuntu is Debian based, so use a different package format. I'm not real experienced myself, so somebody else can elaborate, but if I recall, you use an app called alien to translate from RPM to DEB.

Optiker

randell6564 · 08-23-2006, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innovafan

Ok sometimes I have downloaded a file with the .rpm extension and have tried to open it, but get a error message that it can not
be opened ?
Any work around to open the file ?

dolan

You CAN use .rpm's, you just need to convert them to .deb. You will need to install 'alien' for this.

sudo apt-get install alien

After alien is installed, you would do a

sudo alien <name of your .rpm>

That will covert your .rpm to a .deb and then ubuntu can install it!

Cheers!

pinguim66 · 08-23-2006, 01:10 PM

alien --to-deb <name-of-rpm-package>

Innovafan · 08-23-2006, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by randell6564

You CAN use .rpm's, you just need to convert them to .deb. You will need to install 'alien' for this.

sudo apt-get install alien

After alien is installed, you would do a

sudo alien <name of your .rpm>

That will covert your .rpm to a .deb and then ubuntu can install it!

Cheers!

Okay Will try that, thanks much for the information.
I figured maybe there might be a conversion tool, but couldnt get any straight answers out of my friends who use linux more than
I do.

You Know Sometimes you get what you want,
then you loose what you got. Rolling Stones.

Dolan

randell6564 · 08-23-2006, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinguim66

alien --to-deb <name-of-rpm-package>

NO! That is not the correct syntax.

It is simply 'sudo alien <name of .rpm>'

randell6564 · 08-23-2006, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innovafan

Okay Will try that, thanks much for the information.
I figured maybe there might be a conversion tool, but couldnt get any straight answers out of my friends who use linux more than
I do.

You Know Sometimes you get what you want,
then you loose what you got. Rolling Stones.

Dolan

Alien IS the coversion tool. It's not a nice gui, if that is what you mean.

ErrorBound · 08-24-2006, 11:42 AM

Alien should be a last resort! Don't use it if you don't absolutely need to! It's much better to get packages from the Ubuntu repositories!

aysiu · 08-24-2006, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ErrorBound

Alien should be a last resort! Don't use it if you don't absolutely need to! It's much better to get packages from the Ubuntu repositories!

I agree, but if you are going to use alien, this is how you do it:

Code:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install alien
sudo alien -i packagename.rpm

For more details:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware

randell6564 · 08-24-2006, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ErrorBound

Alien should be a last resort! Don't use it if you don't absolutely need to! It's much better to get packages from the Ubuntu repositories!

Of course!

randell6564 · 08-24-2006, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aysiu

I agree, but if you are going to use alien, this is how you do it:

Code:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install alien
sudo alien -i packagename.rpm

For more details:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware

I guess there is more than one way of doing it. Good for me!

Innovafan · 08-26-2006, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by randell6564

I guess there is more than one way of doing it. Good for me!

Okay Yes I understand now that 'alien' should be the last resort.
Though I guess it must be the last resort if say the .rpm program you want does not come in a .deb file.

dolan

randell6564 · 08-26-2006, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innovafan

Okay Yes I understand now that 'alien' should be the last resort.
Though I guess it must be the last resort if say the .rpm program you want does not come in a .deb file.

dolan

Exactly! Though Frostwire installs through synaptic, Limewire does not, and does not offer anything but an .Rpm, so I used alien to install it.