Hello:
This is a pointless thread. Ask any seasoned RedHat or Debian user if he
will attempt using debs on RedHat and vice-versa .
You can install RHL .rpm on Debian and .deb on RHL. But, there is no
guarantee that it will work. It all depends on criticality of the package -
you may get away with an install of Midnight Commander or Mutt, but try
installing Gnome or Enlightenment by hand, alien, rpm2deb, kpackager or
whatever and that will be that last time you ever do that. Even better, try
installing a system service package like courier-imap or openldap and watch
how things break.
And when u think of FHS/FSSTND, its just a mess out there.
Like Sthithaprajna said, it will be a lot easier just to say "Debs will not work
on RHL".
-- Shanu
BTW: Anyone wanna maintain/help in putting up a FAQ on Debian?
Ashutosh Dixit saw fit to inform LIH that:
>> And yes, .debs will not work on RH6.x.;-)
>In my box, the contents of .deb files can be seen in Midnight Commander. From
>there I copy the CONTENTS directory to /tmp and "hand install" the package. The
>rpm database does not get updated. I have also 'heard' of a utility called
>rpm2deb or the like. Even Kpackager, if installed with correct libraries, will
>work with both the formats.
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