on Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:05:19PM +0530, George Abraham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can apt-get and deb package management system be installed in a Red hat > machine?. I am thinking about the possiblity of evolving a GNU/Debian > system from a Red Hat system. Is it possible?. Pardon me if I am wrong > and ignorant.
It's not clear what you're asking: - Can DEBs be used on RPM systems? Yes, with some pain to install alien, though your dependencies may get wedged. - Can RPM and APT coexist on the same system? If designed that way, yes, but you want Connectiva. If you're trying to use a RH system with Debian packages managed through APT, you're asking for trouble. In general, the commandment is: Thou shalt not mix and match package managers. - If you're asking whether or not RH can serve as a Debian installer, yes, this is one of the few tasks I've found that it does relatively well. Osamu's already pointed you at one set of docs (specifically a _remote_ chroot install). I've used this method successfully, see: http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/DebianChrootInstall The difference between this method and the method described in "3.7 Installing Debian GNU/GNU/Linux from a Unix/GNU/Linux System" and my method is use of debootstrap (the Installation Manual method) vs. a Potato base2_2.tar.gz image. Both methods get you to the same end result. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Defeat EU Software Patents! http://swpat.ffii.org/
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