A friend has the newest release of Mandrake installed on his Fujitsu Lifebook. He has a need to install a closed- source app that's available only in DEB form. Apparently the GUI Mandrake app installer doesn't understand DEB form. I suggested he use Alien to convert it to RPM. Unfortunately, Alien seems to either be available only in DEB form and/or requires other packages that are only in DEB form. In his words, "I need to convert Alien to RPM form so I can install it to convert its DEB package" (or something like that, it's been a long day).
My friend (who is trying very hard to wean himself off of Windows!) reacted to the idea of downloading and compiling source by making choking sounds. Anyone know where I could find Alien (and possibly its required supporting packages) in RPM? Thanks. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
