Re: [CentOS] creating centos rpm from deb with alien

2013-01-02 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:50:09 +, Juan R. de Silva wrote: I'm in process of getting additional knowledge/info to follow all your suggestions. Tanks for all replied. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] creating centos rpm from deb with alien

2013-01-01 Thread Juan R. de Silva
I want to install GoldenDict on my fresh CentOS 6.3 installation. So far I've not found any GoldenDict rpm files created for CentOS. What about creating rpm from deb using alien? Would it be safe to attempt such install? I do not want to screw my new installation

Re: [CentOS] creating centos rpm from deb with alien

2013-01-01 Thread Jason Pyeron
From: Juan R. de Silva Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 21:50 I want to install GoldenDict on my fresh CentOS 6.3 installation. So far I've not found any GoldenDict rpm files created for CentOS. Did you Google it yet? Lets assume yes and you found the many RPMs listed for fedora.

Re: [CentOS] creating centos rpm from deb with alien

2013-01-01 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:26:50 -0500, Jason Pyeron wrote: From: Juan R. de Silva Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 21:50 I want to install GoldenDict on my fresh CentOS 6.3 installation. So far I've not found any GoldenDict rpm files created for CentOS. Did you Google it yet? Lets assume yes

Re: [CentOS] creating centos rpm from deb with alien

2013-01-01 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 04:12:59 + (UTC) Juan R. de Silva wrote: So, I concluded that Fedora RPMs are not suitable. Am I mistaken here? Download the srpm and compile it on your Centos system. Then you get a native Centos RPM. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~

Re: [CentOS] creating centos rpm from deb with alien

2013-01-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/1/2013 8:20 PM, Frank Cox wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 04:12:59 + (UTC) Juan R. de Silva wrote: So, I concluded that Fedora RPMs are not suitable. Am I mistaken here? Download the srpm and compile it on your Centos system. Then you get a native Centos RPM. ASSUMING the base