*- Rick Knebel wrote about "rpms"
> Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system?
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
Install the alien package. Read the man page and have fun.
Package: alien
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Version: 6.03hamm2
Depends: debhelper, perl
Recommends: rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make
Suggests: patch
Description: Install Red Hat and Slackware Packages with dpkg.
Alien allows you to convert Red Hat and Slackware Packages into Debian
packages, which can be installed with dpkg.
.
It can also convert into Slackware and Red Hat packages.
.
This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
Brian
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