On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: > > > > Couple of questions concerning Debian Linux: > > > > 1. How can I install .deb packages in RehHat? > > > Not likely. There is a prog called alien that can install a rpm > package on Debian, but it doesn't work all the time. I don't know if > there is an equivalent for this in RH. In general, this isn't a good > idea, as there are significant differences between the 2 distributions.
Alien can also convert a .deb to .rpm, which the Red Hat user can then install using rpm. Dependencies can be a problem, of course, because of the differences between the distributions. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
