On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:18:45PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My question here is , are there dpkg downloads and Alien > downloads for RedHat Linux 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2-2). >
AFAIK, dpkg is available only from http://www.debian.org or its mirrors. It is strictly a debian tool. Have not come across it at any other place. Download the static tarball to overcome any dependency problems. Alien is a perl script. RPM version is available at all RH mirrors. Kernel version does not matter for both. If you just want to convert a .deb to .tar.gz, dpkg is NOT needed (unless you use alien). There was a thread on this just two days ago. LOST #014 is placed below. Or download: http://geocities.com/usmbish/2tgz-0.3.tar.gz > > I mention the kernel version, as I have not got over the > shock of being made a fool of by httrack.com 's latest > version 3.09. (They did not have the configure shell > script, and the makefile in the download !) > This has no connection with the subject of "alien". By all probabilities, this httrack download that you did is a pre- compiled binary ... Things like "configure" is only needed for source distributions, and it creates the makefile. It is of no use in a abinary adistribution. In case it is a source (and it is "X" based), probably xmkmf is the thing to be used. Just check up the docs with your download. HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Contents of .deb file [#1] LOST #014 To know the contents of a .deb file in systems without dpkg do '$ar -x foo.deb' ... This gives a file "data.tar.gz" which contains the packaged files. Then to view the tarball with: '$tar -ztvf data.tar.gz | less' ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
