Installing a RMP file in Linux

[Sir Daz]

Barry Young wrote:

> Original Sources, I just have the RPM file.  Do you compile it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Barry
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <uli at wach-o-witz.de>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:07 AM
> Subject: Re: Installing a RMP file in Linux
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>> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:51:52 -0500, youngbar at insightbb.com wrote
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>>> What is the best way to install a RPM file in Ubuntu?
>>
>>
>> a) Get the original sources and do a clean install by compiling it 
>> yourself
>> b) convert the 'rpm' to 'deb' via 'alien'.
>>
>> I prefer a) in combination with the use of 'checkinstall'.
>>
>> Uli
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why even try to recompile from the source? using alien is much easier 
and less hassle.
    sudo alien package_file.rpm
then just install it as you normally would with a deb file
Darren