On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 16:41 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote:
> Can Ubuntu handle rpm’s?
Short answer: No.
Middle-sized answer: No, Ubuntu uses “deb” (Debian) packages.
Long answer: Yes, if you install and use the "alien" package, which
will allow you to transform the RPM into a Deb.
> Anyway, tried the tarball installation method as alternative. It
> seemed to mostly work, except for some things it wanted a c compiler,
> and make (and other similar stuff?).
Tarballs are *generally* used to ship source-code for the software, not
running software. As you have discovered, compilers are needed: Ubuntu
has the gcc, make, and binutils packages, which you need to compile most
software.
