On 3/2/09, Chris Burkhardt <chris@> wrote: > Mark Goldshtein wrote: >>>> Would you please help me to install that little one? KPackage also >>>> gave me nothing. >>> You would first need to convert the RPM package to a deb package using >>> alien >>> (see the package named 'alien'). >>> >>> Then you would install the resulting .deb using 'dpkg -i >>> packagename.deb'. >> >> Thanks for the hint! >> >> # apt-get install alien >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done > [... a ton of dependencies ...] >> >> And if I trying to install any few packages more from 'suggested' >> section, that process of never-end dependences have promise to >> 'convert' my end-user computer into developer station :) >> >> I am just trying to install a tiny prog about 20kb in weight :) Do I >> really need 100+ megs of something I will never use to have it done :) >> ? >> Is that possible to do this "convert" operation online? >> >> "To build, or do not to build?" :) > > Wow, yeah, it's not worth installing all of that just for this program. > > What you should do is file a Request For Packaging (RFP) bug against the > wnpp > package. That way hopefully some developer will take the time to create an > official Debian package and upload it to the repositories. (See > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/) > > But in the mean time I've built you a package (I'm assuming you are using an > i386 processor): http://mretc.net/~cris/tmp/wmsm_0.2.1-1_i386.deb > > All it installs is the single (12KB) executable to /usr/X11R6/bin/wmsm > > To install it just run, as root, 'dpkg -i wmsm_0.2.1-1_i386.deb' > > Hope that helps!
Thank you! I will try your build as soon as I will reach my Debian-loaded computer! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
