Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-20 Thread john doe
On 6/20/2019 9:45 AM, didier gaumet wrote: > Le 19/06/2019 à 20:29, john doe a écrit : >> On 6/19/2019 8:10 PM, Ulf Volmer wrote: >>> On 19.06.19 17:03, john doe wrote: >>>> Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the >&g

Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-20 Thread didier gaumet
Le 19/06/2019 à 20:29, john doe a écrit : > On 6/19/2019 8:10 PM, Ulf Volmer wrote: >> On 19.06.19 17:03, john doe wrote: >>> Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the >>> following: >>> >>> $ rpm --resign *.rpm &g

Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-19 Thread john doe
On 6/19/2019 8:10 PM, Ulf Volmer wrote: > On 19.06.19 17:03, john doe wrote: >> Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the >> following: >> >> $ rpm --resign *.rpm >> *.rpm: >> error: Could not exec gpg: No such file or di

Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-19 Thread Ulf Volmer
On 19.06.19 17:03, john doe wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the > following: > > $ rpm --resign *.rpm > *.rpm: > error: Could not exec gpg: No such file or directory Pass --define "__gpg /usr/bin/gpg" to you rpm com

Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-19 Thread tomas
john doe wrote: > >>>> Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the > >>>> following: > >>>> > >>>> $ rpm --resign *.rpm > >>>> *.rpm: > >>>> error: Could not exec gpg: No such

Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-19 Thread john doe
On 6/19/2019 5:34 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 05:31:41PM +0200, john doe wrote: >> On 6/19/2019 5:25 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 05:03:20PM +0200, john doe wrote: >>>> Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms o

Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-19 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 05:31:41PM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 6/19/2019 5:25 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 05:03:20PM +0200, john doe wrote: > >> Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the > >> foll

Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-19 Thread john doe
On 6/19/2019 5:25 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 05:03:20PM +0200, john doe wrote: >> Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the >> following: >> >> $ rpm --resign *.rpm >> *.rpm: >> error: Could no

Re: Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-19 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 05:03:20PM +0200, john doe wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the > following: > > $ rpm --resign *.rpm > *.rpm: > error: Could not exec gpg: No such file or directory > > Where the '*' is

Error on Buster while signing rpms

2019-06-19 Thread john doe
Hi, I'm trying to gpg sign rpms on Debian Buster but I'm getting the following: $ rpm --resign *.rpm *.rpm: error: Could not exec gpg: No such file or directory Where the '*' is the name of the rpm. Doing the same command on Stretch works but I get this error on a fre

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
alents and then force the build to ignore the> dependencies.  There is information about this available via Google.I have been searching for information on how to build rpms on debain systems but havent been able to find out much.. apart from this onelink on the debain-users mailing list :http:/

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
pendencies. There is information about this available via Google. I have been searching for information on how to build rpms on debain systems but havent been able to find out much.. apart from this one link on the debain-users mailing list : http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/04/msg00150.h

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: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED

2003-07-29 Thread Bob Proulx
J. Zidar wrote: > One question: What is the point of the rpm command if it is unsafe > to install RPMs directly? The rpm command is a multifunction tool. It installs and removes packages, sure. But it also builds packages. Therefore if you are going to build an rpm package on Debian or

Re: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED

2003-07-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 06:42:51PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote: > Tuesday 29 of July 2003 16:16 je &F pisal: > >On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:50:03PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote: > >> Is there any difference in Debian if you install from debs or rpms? > >> > >> I'm as

Re: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED

2003-07-29 Thread Tom Badran
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 17:42, J. Zidar wrote: > Thanks. I did as both have written and now the program is automagically > installed! One question: What is the point of the rpm command if it is > unsafe to install RPMs directly? Its needed for LSB compliance, and i think alien uses

Re: rpms and dependencies-SOLVED

2003-07-29 Thread J. Zidar
Tuesday 29 of July 2003 16:16 je &F pisal: >On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:50:03PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote: >> Is there any difference in Debian if you install from debs or rpms? >> >> I'm asking this because I have a rpm at home that's not installable >> becaus

Re: rpms and dependencies

2003-07-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:50:03PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote: > Is there any difference in Debian if you install from debs or rpms? > > I'm asking this because I have a rpm at home that's not installable > because of some supposedly missing dependencies. Don't install R

Re: rpms and dependencies

2003-07-29 Thread David Z Maze
"J. Zidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any difference in Debian if you install from debs or rpms? You can't directly install RPM files in Debian. Use 'alien' to convert them to .deb packages first, then use 'dpkg -i' to install th

rpms and dependencies

2003-07-29 Thread J. Zidar
Is there any difference in Debian if you install from debs or rpms? I'm asking this because I have a rpm at home that's not installable because of some supposedly missing dependencies. If the procedure for installing a rpm is not the same then I need some xpert help please.

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

Check out alien! was Re: Hi, how to install rpms on Debian??

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
Unfortunately you want to install one of the most confusing packages. I have installed the Intel compiler several times. PITA. > I suppose I could try to find where the RPMs want to install their > contents, and then try to install them myself manually. This sounds > dangerous and error-p

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
t > just works, but these Intel compilers are a real challenge. > > 1. I tried "alien"'ing the RPMS and then manually changing INSTALL_DIR > in the scripts. This did not work for me. YMMV. > 2. Creating a new partition with RedHat just for this is the software > e

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&qu

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
r 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 RPMs into debian packages. > > No,

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 01:34:05AM -0600, Gary Turner wrote: > 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 Debia

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-09 Thread Bob Proulx
e anymore. However, it is probably > best to simply use alien to convert the RPMs into debian packages. No, no, NO! Initializing the rpm database like that will only allow you to experience dependency nightmares and possibly break your system. Please do not recommend this method to other peo

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-09 Thread Nathan Poznick
convert the RPMs into debian packages. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. - William James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing Intel compiler RPMs on Debian

2003-03-08 Thread Gary Turner
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 p

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: c

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

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Proulx
. Since it is not a message that anyone working on the code normally ever sees. Therefore there is no itch to scratch and no one has fixed it yet. > I would have thought the only way there might be problems would be if > multiple users were to try to build rpms (as user) in /usr/src/rpm, &g

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-13 Thread Faheem Mitha
er misleading. Why does it complain about not being able to make directories if it is not trying to make them? (I haven't examined the internals of rpm). > If you are building rpms and want to do so in your home directory this > I suggest this. > > File $HOME/.rpmmacros: > %_t

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Proulx
if the directories are not premade. > Oh, I see. I thought something like install -d was the conventional > way to do this. Inside of rpm it is a C program and it should make the directories using C code. The 'install -d' is for makefiles which are shell scripts. If you are build

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-12 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:37:58 -0500, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Faheem Mitha wrote: >> No. Am I supposed to create it? Isn't this something that should be >> done automatically, by a postinst script of whatever? If I am supposed >> to create it, I think it should be documented. > > The

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-12 Thread Joey Hess
Faheem Mitha wrote: > No. Am I supposed to create it? Isn't this something that should be > done automatically, by a postinst script of whatever? If I am supposed > to create it, I think it should be documented. The directory is supposed to be included in the package but was left out by mistake. I

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
:37:37AM +, Faheem Mitha wrote: >| On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:53:27 -0800 (PST), nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]= >> wrote: >| > Faheem Mitha said: > >| > after it's compiled it usually dumps a binary rpm somewhere in >| > /usr/src/rpms. >|=20 >| Yes, this is what s

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:37:37AM +, Faheem Mitha wrote: | On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:53:27 -0800 (PST), nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Faheem Mitha said: | > after it's compiled it usually dumps a binary rpm somewhere in | > /usr/src/rpms. | | Yes, this is what sho

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
ce rpm. > after it's compiled it usually dumps a binary rpm somewhere in > /usr/src/rpms. Yes, this is what should happen in theory. However, this does not work either, at least on the new computer. I get similar errors, ie. laplace:/home/faheem# rpm --rebuild plugger-4.0-17.src.rpm Ins

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread nate
name.src.rpm its worked well for almost every package, is this not the right way ? after it's compiled it usually dumps a binary rpm somewhere in /usr/src/rpms. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, I recently tried to install a source rpm (as root) on a Debian system. I got laplace:/home/faheem# rpm -Uvh plugger-4.0-17.src.rpm error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES But this works on my home computer Chrestomanci:/home/faheem# rpm -Uvh plugger-4.0-6.src.rpm 1

Re: Entire tar download for debian LINUX with all the rpms ?

2002-04-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Apr 22, 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > > > Can someone give the exact site for the Entire tar download for debian > LINUX with all the rpms and the Kernel 2.4.17 or later for intel > plaform. I don't believe you know what

Entire tar download for debian LINUX with all the rpms ?

2002-04-22 Thread dkotian3
Hi, Can someone give the exact site for the Entire tar download for debian LINUX with all the rpms and the Kernel 2.4.17 or later for intel plaform. I have tried ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ via www.debian.org, it says the site has been moved. Can someone please help me with this

Re: converting rpms to deb

2002-01-16 Thread Brian Nelson
"Aldous B Bernardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why is it that alien says that it can only convert ver. 3 RPMs into > deb? I tried converting my RPMs from Mandrake 8.0 and RH 7.2 into deb, > but alien says it can't convert decause it is version 4 and it can >

Re: converting rpms to deb

2002-01-16 Thread Ron Johnson
Aldous B Bernardo wrote: Why is it that alien says that it can only convert ver. 3 RPMs into deb? I tried converting my RPMs from Mandrake 8.0 and RH 7.2 into deb, but alien says it can't convert decause it is version 4 and it can only convert version 3. I tried installing it instead by

converting rpms to deb

2002-01-16 Thread Aldous B Bernardo
Why is it that alien says that it can only convert ver. 3 RPMs into deb? I tried converting my RPMs from Mandrake 8.0 and RH 7.2 into deb, but alien says it can't convert decause it is version 4 and it can only convert version 3. I tried installing it instead by using RPM into my Potato

Re: installing kde from rpms

2001-10-08 Thread Paolo Falcone
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 04:48:41PM +0800, ramsubs wrote: >> yup, i did see the same advice in another KDE email. but i don't want to >> spend bundles of dollars downloading over the net. in my country, we have to >> pay telecoms for every minute of use. >> i already have redhat install cds, so thi

Re: installing kde from rpms

2001-10-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 04:48:41PM +0800, ramsubs wrote: > yup, i did see the same advice in another KDE email. but i don't want to > spend bundles of dollars downloading over the net. in my country, we have to > pay telecoms for every minute of use. > i already have redhat install cds, so this is

Re: installing kde from rpms

2001-10-07 Thread ramsubs
ssage - From: Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 2:30 PM Subject: Re: installing kde from rpms > On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 01:42:42PM +0800, ramsubs wrote: > > fellow debians:. > > > > i know this email probably belongs to the

Re: installing kde from rpms

2001-10-07 Thread Sam Varghese
bian. i found out that kde wasn't on the potato distribution. > > i tried to convert redhat 6.2's kde rpms to .deb. i stumbled on the advice > somewhere in dselect to use alien to convert rpm to .deb, rather than use > rpm to install directly. you don't need to reinvent th

installing kde from rpms

2001-10-07 Thread ramsubs
fellow debians:. i know this email probably belongs to the debian-kde list, so do excuse me for posting it here. i ventured into debian assuming that i'd be able to use both gnome and kde on debian. i found out that kde wasn't on the potato distribution. i tried to convert redhat 6.2&

Re: installing galeon from rpms

2001-05-28 Thread christophe barbé
ering if anyone has tried installing mozilla 0.9 and > galeon-0.10.6 from > > rpms? > > Since no debs exist to my knowlege I was planning to create some with > alien. > > Which RPM pagackge should I should I choose? > > Compiling from source is somewhat of a hass

Re: installing galeon from rpms

2001-05-26 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 09:06:18AM +, Alexander Isacson wrote: > Hello all. > > I'm wondering if anyone has tried installing mozilla 0.9 and galeon-0.10.6 > from > rpms? > Since no debs exist to my knowlege I was planning to create some with alien. > Which RPM

installing galeon from rpms

2001-05-26 Thread Alexander Isacson
Hello all. I'm wondering if anyone has tried installing mozilla 0.9 and galeon-0.10.6 from rpms? Since no debs exist to my knowlege I was planning to create some with alien. Which RPM pagackge should I should I choose? Compiling from source is somewhat of a hassle. /Alexander

Re: Source rpms

2001-05-12 Thread John Galt
First install package rpm (by apt, dpkg, dselect, deity, whatever) Then rpm -bp just as if you were running RootHat. In fact, Debian's RPM is simply RootHat's with a few cosmetic changes. On Sat, 12 May 2001, Stephen J. Thompson wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: RIPEMD160 > >He

Re: Source rpms

2001-05-12 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hallo Stephen, * Stephen schrieb: > Hello all, > > Is there a way to extract source rpm's on a debian box? > > If so please could you state how? apt-get install rpm cpio rpm2cpio package.src.rpm| cpio --list rpm2cpio package.src.rpm| cpio --extract filename cya Waldemar -- It's naive to ass

Source rpms

2001-05-12 Thread Stephen J . Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hello all, Is there a way to extract source rpm's on a debian box? If so please could you state how? Thanks. Regards, Stephen. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iQIXAwU

Installing StarOffice 3.1.4 from rpms (libc >= 5.4.4; Motif 2.0)

2001-01-16 Thread Andre Berger
I'd like to try StarOffice 3.1.4 on a 486 (need just StarWriter and not the Desktop). I have the following components (CD-ROM, BTW for german readers: from Kofler 3rd. ed.): Star-Office-common-3.1.4.i386.rpm Star-Office-german-3.1.4.i386.rpm Star-Office-statbin-3.1.4.i386.rpm # no Motif Star-Offic

Re: mozilla 0.7 rpms

2001-01-13 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time Eray Ozkural (exa) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Please cc: to me since I'm not on the list > > Hi people, > > Since the debian package is out of date, I wanted to use the > mozilla 0.7 rpms at > > http://people.redhat.c

mozilla 0.7 rpms

2001-01-12 Thread Eray Ozkural \(exa\)
Please cc: to me since I'm not on the list Hi people, Since the debian package is out of date, I wanted to use the mozilla 0.7 rpms at http://people.redhat.com/blizzard/software/RH7/RPMS/ I converted them to debs with alien but they didn't work for me. Anybody tried those? Thanks,

Re: RPMS in debian

2000-10-29 Thread Greg Gilbert
Alien has been mentioned already, but there are php and mysql debs available from debian. I just did apt-get install php-mysql to install it. Greg * Eileen Orbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to convert RPM's so I can use them in Debian?? I want to > install the my

Re: RPMS in debian

2000-10-28 Thread kmself
on Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 06:25:21PM -0400, Eileen Orbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to convert RPM's so I can use them in Debian?? I want to > install the mysql-php-apache rpm from mysql.org man alien (that's the manpage for alien, not "men are an alien species", re

Re: RPMS in debian

2000-10-28 Thread Moritz Schulte
Eileen Orbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to convert RPM's so I can use them in Debian?? I want to > install the mysql-php-apache rpm from mysql.org 'alien' can convert RPM <=> DEB. moritz -- /* Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * http://hp9001.fh-bielefeld.de/~morit

RPMS in debian

2000-10-28 Thread Eileen Orbell
Hi, Is there a way to convert RPM's so I can use them in Debian?? I want to install the mysql-php-apache rpm from mysql.org Thanks Eileen Orbell Software & Internet Applications Capitol College mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't Fear the Penguin.

Re: Who builds YOUR binary RPMs?

2000-03-08 Thread Christian Lynbech on satellite
I think there is a rather simple reason why .rpms are everywhere but .debs isn't. The rpm based distributions are so much smaller that important functionality is missing, thus forcing many people to go and build rpms for their favourite software. Since debian is so big, there is very l

Re: Who builds YOUR binary RPMs?

2000-03-02 Thread Shaun Cloherty
an create them. Yes, but I believe only the _official_ Red Hat rpms carry the Red Hat digital signature. > DEB's seem to be created mostly by Debian personal (though > there are some non-official ones). The reason for > this is that the tools necessary to create DEB's are >

Re: Who builds YOUR binary RPMs?

2000-03-01 Thread aphro
i believe .deb's have checksums .. and at least as far as "official" packages go, using apt anyways, that usually grabs the 'master' package listing, does dpkg automatically check the checksum on installation or no? if not it would be a nice feature.. i know rpms have so

Re: Who builds YOUR binary RPMs?

2000-03-01 Thread Kenneth Scharf
/or covert > to our > systems. Or maybe it won't be so innocent: some > scummy PHB will > get the bright idea to have the coders slip in a > piece of code to > 'survey' which programs we use the most, or to > 'sign' content you > produce with your ether

gs-aladdin 6.0 debs? rpms?

2000-02-06 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
If there are no debs for the newly released gs-aladdin 6.0, would the rpms install cleanly with the help of alien? TIA Alan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need for one non-existent."---Lord Raleigh (John Will

Re: Uninstalling RPMs?

1999-06-30 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 07:47:04PM +1000, Revenant wrote: > How do I uninstall an RPM I installed with Alien please? > > -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- > "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live > on skim milk because the baby can't eat

Re: Uninstalling RPMs?

1999-06-29 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Revenant wrote: > How do I uninstall an RPM I installed with Alien please? dpkg --purge or apt-get remove The RPM is not installed as rpm, but alien transforms it into a debian package before it gets installed as I understand it. Johann ---

Uninstalling RPMs?

1999-06-29 Thread Revenant
How do I uninstall an RPM I installed with Alien please? -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.

Re: rpms

1998-12-28 Thread servis
*- Rick Knebel wrote about "rpms" > Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system? > > Thanks > Rick > Install the alien package. Read the man page and have fun. Package: alien Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size:

Re: rpms

1998-12-28 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:51:06AM -0500, Rick Knebel wrote: : Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system? Convert them using alien to .deb format: Package: alien Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 109 Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Vers

Re: rpms

1998-12-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:51:06AM -0500, Rick Knebel wrote: > Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system? alien. flora:~# dpkg -s alien Package: alien Status: hold ok installed Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 107 Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version:

rpms

1998-12-28 Thread Rick Knebel
Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system? Thanks Rick -- Rick Knebel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: alien: is it used to install or convert rpms?

1997-09-23 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
ackage of MPI. > > Now my questions. Is alien supposed to install rpms, or to convert > them to debs, which can be installed? If it's converting them to debs, > or not and I have to repackage them, is there interest for a MPI > package? Alien can do all this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]

Re: alien: is it used to install or convert rpms?

1997-09-23 Thread Joey Hess
Martin Str|mberg wrote: > Now my questions. Is alien supposed to install rpms, or to convert > them to debs, which can be installed? Alien is used to convert to debs. It has an optional flag (-i) that makes it install the converted package too, but by default, it just dumps a shiney new .

alien: is it used to install or convert rpms?

1997-09-23 Thread Martin Str|mberg
Hello. I was reading about running software on clusters of machines. There's (at least) two different ways: PVM and MPI. Neither of them seems to be available as a debian package, but I have found a rpm package of MPI. Now my questions. Is alien supposed to install rpms, or to convert th

Re: Installing RPMs

1996-12-18 Thread Miro Torrielli
Vatiainen Heikki wrote: > > It seems to be in package 'debmake' section 'devel'. There is version 1.95 in > stable and 2.13 in unstable. Haven't used it myself though. > > > I remember hearing that it was possible to install RPM packages in > > debian 1.2 via an "alien" program or something of th

Re: Installing RPMs

1996-12-18 Thread Vatiainen Heikki
It seems to be in package 'debmake' section 'devel'. There is version 1.95 in stable and 2.13 in unstable. Haven't used it myself though. > I remember hearing that it was possible to install RPM packages in > debian 1.2 via an "alien" program or something of the sort. > Where can I obtain this?

Installing RPMs

1996-12-18 Thread Miro Torrielli
I remember hearing that it was possible to install RPM packages in debian 1.2 via an "alien" program or something of the sort. Where can I obtain this? Thanx, Miro -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Turning RPMs into DEBs?

1996-11-26 Thread A. Kunigelis
Hi there! I've heard of a magic package makedeb which can turn e.g. rpm packages into deb packages. Does such thing exist? If so, where can I find it? Please reply to me directly, I am not subscribed to the list! Thanks a lot! Martynas [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS