Installing rpm package in Ubuntu 6.06

[Derek Broughton]

em3raldxiii wrote:

> 
> Install a little program called *alien* and then you can convert them to
> DEBIAN packages.  Then GDebi should automatically install it just from a
> double-click.
> 
> I'm at work right now, so I can't test this overall procedure, nor can
> I check which repository Alien comes from.  But you should be able to
> just do this in your favorite console or command-line editor:

hmm.  This was thoroughly dealt with almost two weeks ago...by people who
actually could verify the procedures.
-- 
derek