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Re: [LUG] re RPM hell

 

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. :)


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