Hi
I don't know if anyone has noticed but there is a small application
that came with 6.0 which is called Alien. This converts between the
rpm, tar.gz and .deb packages thus making it easy to get hold of any
software that can be used with SuSE software.
I haven't tried to use because I get the impression that I need to
update the rpm package manager in my 6.0 system. The rpm package
manager that came with 6.0 is rpm-2.5.5-10. The package that is on
my Cheapbytes Red Hat 5.9 CD is rpm-2.92-10. I tried to upgrade the
package with Xrpm and got the following error message.... "Failed
dependancy check: failed dependancies: patch < 2.5 conflicts with
rpm-2.92-10".
I could force the installation but I don't want to cause any
problems for myself. Does anyone have any experience with Alien and
the Debian/Slackware/Red Hat package managers and updating the rpm
package manager ?
Thanks
Richard
Sheffield UK
0973 682181
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