On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 07:34:03PM +0200, François TOURDE wrote: > >>First time user: > >>I would like to ask for help, please. Need instructions in installing > >>minicom_ 1.83.1-4.5_i386.deb on Toshiba Satellite 1555CDS with Red Hat 9.0 > >>I would appreciate respond. > >>Thank you, > >>Tom > > > > You joke us ??? > > > > I install my *.deb on Debian-Boxes... ;-)) > > But perhaps can we recommand him alien ;) > > You can transform a .deb into a .rpm to install minicom*.deb into your box. > > apt-get install alien ... Oops... rpm -ivh alien.rpm :)
Or more reasonably, install Debian and simple apt-get install minicom, which makes the question half-relevant with the mailing list. Next we need to make it relevant to latops and we'll finally be on topic! /Y - Topic or not topic... -- Marbles should not normally be poked.