On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Paul wrote:
> I have alien installed and would of course hope to convert the RPM's I
> require once I am sure I can use Debian for my needs.
>
> I thought initially while I am trying to get things set up I would
> just try installing as RPM's. Debian appears to offer an RPM i
On 17-Jun-99 scratch wrote:
>You *are* aware of the fact that debian uses .deb files, and not rpm's,
>right?
Yes.
>Ofcourse, you *can* use rpm's, but if there's a .deb available, by
>all means, use it :) Check out www.debian.org/Packages.
There isn't.
> Now, if you *have* to use rpm's, take a
Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am in the early stages of setting up a Debian system. So far, so
> good. I have now tried to install a few RPM's and failed due to
> dependancy problems with /bin /sh.
It means that the RPM package has a depency on a RPM package providing
/bin/sh
You shouldn'
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Paul wrote:
> I am in the early stages of setting up a Debian system. So far, so good. I
> have
> now tried to install a few RPM's and failed due to dependancy problems with
> /bin
> /sh. I thought this means that /bin/sh doesn't exist. I have checked and it
> does
> as a
I am in the early stages of setting up a Debian system. So far, so good. I have
now tried to install a few RPM's and failed due to dependancy problems with /bin
/sh. I thought this means that /bin/sh doesn't exist. I have checked and it does
as a link to /bin/bash. What else could it mean?
Paul
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