On Sunday 27 January 2008 23:14, Aniruddha Dasgupta wrote: > > -- > > > > > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > > Apparently, some people have worked with Maya on Debian and > > Gentoo before. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5235 for more > > information. > > > > and > > > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5235 > > > > Maya provides RPM packages for Red Hat based distributions. > > > > My OS of choice for you would be one of Debian or Ubuntu or > > UbuntuStudio. You can choose any of the abovementioned > > distributions and figure out for yourself. > > > > For Ubuntu: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-358243.html > > and > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66859 > > > > I can send you copies of any Linux distribution you'd like to > > use. Just send me an email and I'll arrange for it. > > > > Regards, > > Yesudeep. > > -- > > येसुदीप मंगलािपल्ली > > > > Thanks a lot for your help. I would be grateful if you could > > arrange > > for a copy of the latest Mandriva. i.e Mandriva One > My other question is, how do i convert the Maya RPM package to > a Debian based format ?
no need to convert. alien -i xyz.rpm will install an rpm package directly on a debian system. WARNING: while this has worked most of the time dependencies do cause problems with the some packages -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
