Installing a RMP file in Linux

[hagen van rissenbeck]

Barry Young schrieb:
> What is the best way to install a RPM file in Ubuntu?  It is not in Synaptic via 
> all the universes.
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Barry
> 

Hi, Barry,

open a terminal and try

	$sudo alien rpm-file.rpm


That creates a

	debian-version.of.that.rpm-file.deb

package in the same folder. Then run

	$sudo dpkg -i debian-version.of.that.rpm-file.deb


If there are no unsatisfied dependencies it could/should work.

Good luck ;-)

Hagen