you *CAN* convert rpms to debs on a redhat machine using alien. it's
quite simple as debs use ar ,tar and gz for packaging.
Cheerio
Robin
Sthitaprajna wrote:
>
> On 6 Jul 00, at 12:51, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
>
> > You can use the package alien to convert a *.deb to *.rpm or *.tgz and
> > vice versa.
>
> What I meant was how to convert the RPM packages to debs on a Redhat
> platform. If I use alien on a RHL system, I cannot create .debs. My deb m/c
> is temporarily down for repairs...so wanted to know if there was any
> _other_ util to do the job.
>
> Thanks
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