On (12/05/04 17:40), Rick wrote: > Hello People: > Our product is base on redhat,I will porting it to Debian,but in this > system,many procedure depend redhat rpms,for example: > glibc-2.3.2-11.9.i386.rpm, perl-5.8.0-88.i386.rpm,etc.. > At the start,I wanted to try install these rpm packages(from redhat) On > debian,but I found that thers is a lot work to do,some rpm packages even can't > be installed on it.(perhaps these rpms packages from redhat can't be used on > debian at all).I think 2 ways to settle this problem,But I am not sure these > ways is doable,and I wish to get some advices about it.these problem are: > > 1. Use a certain tool to translate these packages(glibc*.rpm..) from redhat > to rpm packages that can be used on debian.Is there such tools exist on > debian? Check out alien, a package specifically to convert rpms and you may want to look at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/distribute-deb/distribute-deb.html > 2. On Debian,after I install rpm,rpm DB and deb DB exist,Can I make some > mapping bettwen betwwen rpm DB and deb DB? when I run rpm command,the OS will > invoke debian DB.for example: > # rpm -qv gcc > package gcc is not installed > #dpkg -l |grep gcc > ii gcc-3.0 3.0.4-7 The GNU C compiler. > # > this means gcc*rpm isn't installed but gcc*deb is installed on debian. after I > make this mapping,I can use rpm to access deb DB. > # rpm -qv gcc > gcc-3.0 > # > if this way is feasible,How to do it? > > I am a new debian user,not too familiar with this OS, If above ways are > impossible,is thers other ways to attain my purpose? > > Thanks! > > Rick -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
