Ankit Jain wrote: > Is 'no to rpms' a general rule i shud follow or is it just with 'some' > packages? It is not a rule, but if you want to keep your system oand config files in good shape, it is better to use the deb packages as they provide the right dependencies for packages to follow.
You still can install them with alien, but it is not advised because some information needed by dpkg is not provided and will leave the database of the software installed not in the best shape ... If you don care about the system being in a good state, just do what ever you want, install rpm, tar.gz - but you leave the system in inconsistent shape. kernel for example should be build with make-kpkg (provided by kernel-package) You should at least convert the rpm with alien to a deb (I think that is what it does :)) Ciao, mattHias -- __ _ __ ********************* /\_/\ \ \_/ \_/ / * Matthias Wieser * / \ \ / * ICQ#: 12597522 * / /\_/\ \ \_/^\_/ * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WW WW *********************