On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 10:18 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote: > I used alien to convert the .rpm packages to *tgz* not Deb. I extracted > them and put the result in the /opt/ directory. I prefer this because I > don't want to mix my Debian system with external RPMs. I prefer to keep > my base system following the Debian release and put anything from > outside in the /opt/ directory. So I have a clean separation between > what comes with my distribution and what I added separately.
Daniel: I may be missing something, but what advantage does converting to .tgz give you? If you convert the standard .rpms to .debs, then they still install to the /opt directory. It's only if you use the .debs produced by Debian that they install elsewhere. Seems to me that use .tgz makes them harder to manage. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield "And we'll rise where shadows fall, And we'll fly where money crawls, Looking out for a higher love, Not gonna fall, gonna rise above" -OysterBand --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
