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can't install .rpm

Asked by josh

i got a light scribe dvd drive and i went through the Ubuntu web site and found a program that should work but its an .rpm file i can't figure out how to install it i git the file from
LaCie LightScribe Labeler. or if you have a different program that does the same as this orn please let me know

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Robert Di Gioia (digioiar) said : 		#1

Hi.

Think this link should help you out. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LightScribe

Good luck

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Renamed User (renameduser1986-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Dear josh,

This link should help you out if what Robert Di Gioia suggested doesn't work. http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/23/installing-using-an-rpm-file/.

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#3

RPM packages are for RedHat based distributions (Madriva, Fedora, SuSE etc.). My advice is - first tryto search DEB package or source for compiling and at least try to use Alien - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RPM/AlienHowto

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