[CoLoCo] RPM on ubuntu

[Andrew]

Couldn't you also try converting the package to a .deb file with ALIEN?

I've only used it once to convert a package of lightscribe software, but it
seemed to work OK.


Alien is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and
slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package from another
distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use
alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install it.

Despite the large version number, alien is still (and will probably always
be) rather experimental software. It has been used by many people for many
years, but there are still many bugs and limitations.

Alien should *not* be used to replace important system packages, like
sysvinit, shared libraries, or other things that are essential for the
functioning of your system. Many of these packages are set up differently by
Debian and Red Hat, and packages from the different distributions cannot be
used interchangably. In general, if you can't uninstall the package without
breaking your system, don't try to replace it with an alien version.
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