On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 12:48:33AM +0530, Ankit Jain wrote: > I have been a longtime user of RedHat and installed Debian 2.2r2 > today. I have a few queries-
> 1. I have a dial-up connection so its not possible for me to d/l > huge binaries. I have the RHL 7 cd, n it has XFree86 4.0.1.rpm, can > i use this 2 install Xf 4.0.1 on my debian box ? Two complications: 1. Potato's alien would not translate RHL 7's rpm's to debian. You need one from woody and that will require libc6 2.2 as far as I know. 2. Your dependencies may create a lot of problems. You may try alien for smaller packages which are not available in Debian, but I would not try it with something like XF 4.0.1. You would be better off by using apt-get source and get sources from testing or unstable, compiling them to debian packages and install them on potato if you want to use newer versions. Regards. Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 082 782 0336. Posbus 4668, Tygervallei 7536 "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters, he restoreth my soul...Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever." Psalms 23:1,2,6