From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arthur Othieno Subject: Re: RPM version of Alien around? Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 18:18:43 +0100 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3DCAA073.1080800@gmx.net> References: <0306f31350507b2HNLMAIL3@hawaii.rr.com> Reply-To: arthurothieno@gmx.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: David Jones Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hello there David, Alien RPMs are at www.rpmfind.net. I just cross-checked it out a while back, just to make sure, and it looks like their search feature is down temporarily. The link to the index of "A" packages is: http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/AByName.html , that should "save" you some of the hassle ;) You might want to scroll down "a little" or use the usual CTRL-F in your browser. You'll also find any other RPMs that are needed to satisfy deps at the same site. HTH, Arthur. David Jones wrote: > A friend has the newest release of Mandrake installed on > his Fujitsu Lifebook. He has a need to install a closed- > source app that's available only in DEB form. Apparently > the GUI Mandrake app installer doesn't understand DEB > form. I suggested he use Alien to convert it to RPM. > Unfortunately, Alien seems to either be available only in > DEB form and/or requires other packages that are only > in DEB form. In his words, "I need to convert Alien to > RPM form so I can install it to convert its DEB package" > (or something like that, it's been a long day). > > My friend (who is trying very hard to wean himself off of > Windows!) reacted to the idea of downloading and > compiling source by making choking sounds. > > Anyone know where I could find Alien (and possibly its > required supporting packages) in RPM? > > Thanks. > > David > gnome@hawaii.rr.com > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs