On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > salut Marc... > > * Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-09-16 09:21 +0200]: > > How can I install a rpm archive in debian > > > > It s about pcmcia > > the package "alien" allows you to convert an .rpm to a .deb, but you > need to have the package "rpm" installed, too. > > > I think it s a source rpm > > > > (give the right command in case it is a binary...) > > dunno, if alien can handle source RPMs, but there is an environment > variable RPMBUILDOPT, so perhaps it is possible. >
If it can't handle srpms, they're no big deal - just a cpio archive with tarball, patches, and the rpm build commands. From time to time I use `rpm2cpio' to break it down, then cpio to extract the contents so that I can look in e.g. fedora to see what patches they're using. Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce
