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how to install rpm tools in ubuntu7.04??.

Asked by Ananya Patel

for software installing software in ubuntu 7.04 it requires rpm tools..
 .I have try to install that by writing in terminal
 sudo apt-get install rpm
...but problem is not solved...help me...

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Jigho (jigho) said : 		#1

rpm are packages not intended for use with Ubuntu.
If you can't find the same software in an ubuntu or debian package, you can you the tool "alien" to convert the rpm package

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Cesare Montedonico (cmontedonico) said : 		#2

need to convert RPM to DEB... its easy
first make an apt-get with this package : alien and checkinstall

then just run this command as you wish.

To INSTALL the RPM without convert, type:

$ alien -i archivo.rpm

To CONVERT the RPM to DEB:

$ alien -d archivo.rpm

To INSTALL a DEB file:

$ dpkg -i archivo.deb

I hope this help

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