Re: building rpms on debian

2006-04-19 Thread Zen Garden
ope I were helpfull,Chao! Matías.-On 4/19/06, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:11:20 -0500"Ek Zindagoi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hi everyone,>  what are the ways I can build RPMs on Debian system ?? Can i use rpmbuild > -bb command o

Re: building rpms on debian

2006-04-19 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:11:20 -0500 "Ek Zindagoi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > what are the ways I can build RPMs on Debian system ?? Can i use rpmbuild > -bb command on a debian system ? > > Thanks, > Dhanvi Also look for a program called &quo

Re: building rpms on debian

2006-04-19 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 12:11:20PM -0500, Ek Zindagoi wrote: > Hi everyone, > what are the ways I can build RPMs on Debian system ?? Can i use rpmbuild > -bb command on a debian system ? In general yes but I'd install a chroot with the distribution you aim to package for. Try o

Re: building rpms on debian

2006-04-19 Thread Iván Alemán
On 4/19/06, Ek Zindagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi :On 4/19/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> You can install the rpm package on Debian.  Now, whether you can make it> work with build dependencies is another issue.  You may have to install > the Debian equivalents and then force

Re: building rpms on debian

2006-04-19 Thread Iván Alemán
On 4/19/06, Ek Zindagoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone,  what are the ways I can build RPMs on Debian system ?? Can i use rpmbuild -bb command on a debian system ?   Thanks, Dhanvi Why you want to use rpm instead use deb packages use apt to avoid dependencies problems!!-- Iván

Re: building rpms on debian

2006-04-19 Thread Ek Zindagi
Hi : On 4/19/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can install the rpm package on Debian. Now, whether you can make it > work with build dependencies is another issue. You may have to install > the Debian equivalents and then force the build to ignore the > dependencies. There

Re: building rpms on debian

2006-04-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Ek Zindagoi wrote: > Hi everyone, > what are the ways I can build RPMs on Debian system ?? Can i use > rpmbuild -bb command on a debian system ? > > Thanks, > Dhanvi You can install the rpm package on Debian. Now, whether you can make it work with build dependencies is anoth

building rpms on debian

2006-04-19 Thread Ek Zindagoi
Hi everyone,  what are the ways I can build RPMs on Debian system ?? Can i use rpmbuild -bb command on a debian system ?   Thanks, Dhanvi

Re: RPMs on debian

2004-04-02 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040402 04:58]: > http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=alien&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all FYI: You can use just http://packages.debian.org/alien. Easier to remeber, shorter, won't break in youre mailreader, and will

Re: RPMs on debian

2004-04-01 Thread Lorenzo Prince
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thus spake Phil: # Is there a way to install RPMs on Debian? Two ways I can think of: 1) apt-get install alien alien --to-deb package.rpm 2) mkdir /var/lib/rpm rpm --initdb then install the package with rpm -i package.rpm --nodeps If you have

Re: RPMs on debian

2004-04-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to install RPMs on Debian? Yes. Alien. But ultimately, you should just be using .debs instead. Pester your developer. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=alien&searchon=names&subword=1&ve

RPMs on debian

2004-04-01 Thread Phil
Is there a way to install RPMs on Debian? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hi, how to install rpms on Debian??

2003-07-13 Thread SYNeR
From: "Zhao You Bing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: Hi, how to install rpms on Debian?? > Thanks!!! > -- > Zhao YouBing, Ph.D student > State Key Lab of CAD&CG,Zhejiang University, > Hangzhou, 3

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2003-07-12 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 11:21:30AM +0800, Zhao You Bing wrote: > Thanks!!! You're welcome! -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the

Re: Hi, how to install rpms on Debian??

2003-07-12 Thread Andrey Vlassov
Well you can try package "alien" but be warned that it didn't work properly with some packages for me. Andy On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Zhao You Bing wrote: > Thanks!!! > -- > Zhao YouBing, Ph.D student > State Key Lab of CAD&CG,Zhejiang University, > Hangzhou, 310027, P.R.China > Tel : 0571-87951045

Hi, how to install rpms on Debian??

2003-07-12 Thread Zhao You Bing
Thanks!!! -- Zhao YouBing, Ph.D student State Key Lab of CAD&CG,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P.R.China Tel : 0571-87951045(O), 87933444(H) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Charlie Zender wrote: > 2. Creating a new partition with RedHat just for this is the software > equivalent of building a second Taj Mahal because your wife does not > like the color of the first one. You don't need a partition. Just a copy of the directory structure. These are the directories th

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 03:48:45PM -0800, Charlie Zender wrote: > Hi, > > Wow. The help people are sending is incredible! This is the first > message I've posted to Debian User since I switched to Debian > a few weeks ago. I havn't needed to post anything else because it > just works, but these In

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-10 Thread Charlie Zender
Hi, Wow. The help people are sending is incredible! This is the first message I've posted to Debian User since I switched to Debian a few weeks ago. I havn't needed to post anything else because it just works, but these Intel compilers are a real challenge. 1. I tried "alien"'ing the RPMS and then

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
Yes Bob is right. Let me add few words for quick and sure cure :-) On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 01:27:38PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Nathan Poznick wrote: > > > >error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > > > > Actually, this error is usually due to the RPM databas

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
t; >contents, and then try to install them myself manually. > >This sounds dangerous and error-prone, however. > >I gather this is a FAQ, "what to do when you have an RPM you want > >to install on a Debian system?", but I could not find the answer. > > G

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Nathan Poznick wrote: > > >error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > > Actually, this error is usually due to the RPM database not being > initialized. As root, do an > > rpm --initdb > > And you shouldn't get that message anymore. However, it is probably >

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-09 Thread Nathan Poznick
> >error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) Actually, this error is usually due to the RPM database not being initialized. As root, do an rpm --initdb And you shouldn't get that message anymore. However, it is probably best to simply use alien to convert the

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-08 Thread Gary Turner
this is a FAQ, "what to do when you have an RPM you want >to install on a Debian system?", but I could not find the answer. Google on "Installing RPMs on Debian HOWTO" yields a lot of hits. The key is the package "alien". [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache sh

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-08 Thread Barry deFreese
Charlie Zender wrote: Hi, What is the recommended way to install the Intel Fortran and C/C++ compilers on Debian? They come as a set of RPMs. The RPMs do not install on my Debian system, because there are no RPMs installed on my Debian system so it can't find any pre-requisites: error: cannot op

Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-08 Thread Charlie Zender
Hi, What is the recommended way to install the Intel Fortran and C/C++ compilers on Debian? They come as a set of RPMs. The RPMs do not install on my Debian system, because there are no RPMs installed on my Debian system so it can't find any pre-requisites: error: cannot open Packages index usin