Sunday, November 05, 2006

Installing .rpm in Debian

Installing a RedHat .rpm in Debian means converting to .deb and then installing it. And here's how to do it:

Convert .rpm to .deb: alien -k package.rpm

NOTE: The -k option preserves the minor version

Install .deb: dpkg -i packagename.deb

Uninstall .deb: dpkg -r packagename

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