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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:08:20 +0000, Tom Potts wrote: > Apparently theres a debian package called alien for converting rpms into > debian packages. > This, I would imagine, could be used to create package hell but I've only > ever > tried it on some of my cutting edge stuff* and it just re-stated the > unresolveds in a different way. > > Tom te tom te tom > > *Its called cutting edge cos thats what your teeth do to the table top > when > you finally pass out through hours of frustration... Yep, debrpm hell can also exist. At this stage I usually give up with installing it in this manner and go for the source - you can always use "checkinstall" to build (and install) a package (deb/rpm/tgz) of it for archiving. G. :) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html