Joey Hess wrote:
> Johann Spies wrote:
> > Two complications: 1. Potato's alien would not translate RHL 7's rpm's
> > to debian. You need one from woody and that will require libc6 2.2 as
> > far as I know.
>
> No version of rpm in debian can handle red hat 7 rpms. Updates to a
> version of rpm t
Johann Spies wrote:
> Two complications: 1. Potato's alien would not translate RHL 7's rpm's
> to debian. You need one from woody and that will require libc6 2.2 as
> far as I know.
No version of rpm in debian can handle red hat 7 rpms. Updates to a
version of rpm that can are stalled until we ge
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 12:48:33AM +0530, Ankit Jain wrote:
> I have been a longtime user of RedHat and installed Debian 2.2r2
> today. I have a few queries-
> 1. I have a dial-up connection so its not possible for me to d/l
> huge binaries. I have the RHL 7 cd, n it has XFree86 4.0.1.rpm, can
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 01:10:35AM +0530, Ankit Jain wrote:
| If i use src.tgz files to install somethin, say licq, then the 'database of
| s/w installed' will not have ne details on 'licq' .. right? Is there any way
| i can 'inform' the 'database' of existence of 'licq' or is it fine the way
| it
m: "Forrest English" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Ankit Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:57 AM
> Subject: Re: using RHL 7's rpm in debian 2.2r2
>
>
> > no to the rpm of xfree. i mean, i suppose you techn
If i use src.tgz files to install somethin, say licq, then the 'database of
s/w installed' will not have ne details on 'licq' .. right? Is there any way
i can 'inform' the 'database' of existence of 'licq' or is it fine the way
it is?
-anks
Ankit Jain wrote:
> Is 'no to rpms' a general rule i shud follow or is it just with 'some'
> packages?
It is not a rule, but if you want to keep your system oand config files
in good shape, it is better to use the deb packages as they provide the
right dependencies for packages to follow.
You stil
Is 'no to rpms' a general rule i shud follow or is it just with 'some'
packages?
-anks
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From: "Forrest English" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ankit Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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no to the rpm of xfree. i mean, i suppose you technicaly could try it
with alien... but in no way would i suggest it.
kernels are kernels. as long as you have the libs to compile them.
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Hi all,
I have been a longtime user of RedHat and installed Debian 2.2r2 today. I
have a few queries-
1. I have a dial-up connection so its not possible for me to d/l huge
binaries. I have the RHL 7 cd, n it has XFree86 4.0.1.rpm, can i use this 2
install Xf 4.0.1 on my debian box ?
2. I have a
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