On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 04:22:00PM -0500, Alex Leytes wrote: > "A program to unpack a Debian package onto a Linux host that is been built > from a `foreign' distribution is available, and will generally work, in the > sense that files will be unpacked." > I am sorry to bother you with this, but I couldn't find the information on > how to get this utility. How is it called and where to get it?
I think you're talking about alien. You can get it at freshmeat or a archive site for debian or redhat packages. http://packages.debian.org/alien -- Mark Janssen Unix / Linux, Open-Source and Internet Consultant @ SyConOS IT E-mail: mark(at)markjanssen.nl / maniac(at)maniac.nl GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 Web: Maniac.nl Unix-God.[Net|Org] MarkJanssen.[com|net|org|nl] SyConOS.[com|nl]