about using rpm command error in debian

2004-05-10 Thread li Rick 
hi
  I am a debian new user.I had set up Debian env,I will use rpm on it,but 
when I run rpm -qa,the following error showed:
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# rpm -qa
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
#
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My Debian kernel is 2.4.18-bf2.4.

Can you tell me How to handle it?

Thanks

Rick

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Re: about using rpm command error in debian

2004-05-10 Thread David Cannings 
On Monday 10 May 2004 10:01, li Rick wrote:
I am a debian new user.I had set up Debian env,I will use rpm on
 it,but when I run rpm -qa,the following error showed:

If you're a new user to Debian you might like to use apt instead of RPM.  
In my opinion it is a lot more flexible and is designed for Debian so 
should work out of the box.  

Both dselect and aptitude provide a frontend that you can use to choose 
and install packages.

David


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Re: about using rpm command error in debian

2004-05-10 Thread Colin Watson 
On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 05:01:03PM +0800, li Rick wrote:
   I am a debian new user.I had set up Debian env,I will use rpm on it,but 
 when I run rpm -qa,the following error showed:
 ---
 # rpm -qa
 error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
 #

Debian doesn't use RPM. The sort of thing you're trying to do Just Won't
Work without a lot of manual hacking; if you're going to do that then
you might as well run an RPMish distribution to start with.

Use the Debian package management tools instead.

Cheers,

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