On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Sthitaprajna wrote:

> On 5 Jul 00, at 22:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > i have also downloaded defrag_0.73-1.deb 284K as was recommended in this
> > list  for linux defragging. the problem is, how to install it? the
> > extension is peculiar. will it work on my RH6.x
> 
> Peculiar is it;>. It is a Debian package with .deb extension. It is 
> just as peculiar as <foo_package.rpm>. The pure and unadulterated 
> versions are .tar.gz. They'll work anywhere....
> 
> And yes, .debs will not work on RH6.x.;-)

hey debs sure do work out on RH. there does exist a utility which install
debs on RH. check out Mandrake7.1, there exists a utility somewhere around
there to do this.

Rajil Saraswat

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