Subject: Re: denibian install
From: jim hopper (hopperj@macconnect.com)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 17:25:54 MST
Just wanted to report aht alien worked great! i am not that famiiar
with redhat packages either but it had a nice option to convert to a
.tar.gz file that worked great for me!
jim
At 9:50 PM -0500 11/8/99, JP Rosevear wrote:
>On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, jim hopper wrote:
>
> > I was given a package tat i would like to install on my yellowdox box
> > but its a deb file for use on denebian ppc linux.
> >
> > 1. does it make sense to unpack this on a yellowdog machine
>
>Sort of. It makes more sense to look for an rpm for it first.
>
> > 2. how do i do it.
>
>Try the program alien.
>
>Look for programs at www.freshmeat.net
>
>-JP
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