Installing rpm package in Ubuntu 6.06

[Matthew Nicholson]

what you need is alien.

sudo apt-get install alien

then

sudo alien whatever.rpm

this "should" convert the rpm package to a deb package, dependencies and
all. now, hits doesn't always work perfect, but, its a big step in teh
right direction for you.

matt
On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 20:47 -0300, Aron Lopes Petrucci wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm new in Linux. I had begin last week. 
> 
> I'm not IT professional, I'm Engineer (Hydraulics), but I have some
> experience in IBM-CP/CMS, XENIX, CPM-80, and o lot of experience in
> Apple DOS, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, 95, NT-4, 98, XP-Pro. 25 years at all.
> 
> I started with Debian 3.1r2, but I could not install LAMP enviroment in
> it. I got only de "L".
> 
> Now, I'm using Ubuntu 6.06. I installed the "L" with Desktop CD (a great
> success), and then, with synaptic and server CD I installed "AMP". So I
> have a functional LAMP. It's Ok. The only thing that I made manually was
> uncomment mysql.o line in php5.cnf: a piece of cake.
> 
> But, now, I'm trying to install MySQL GUI Query Browser, MySQL GUI
> Admin, and Free Pascal "Lazarus". - I have a lot of hours in Delphi.
> 
> The problem: I have downloaded Lazarus and MySQL GUIs rpm packages
> in /home/Software/Lazarus and /home/Software/MysqlGUI, then I use
> synaptic menu: Files->add dowloaded packages (sorry, but my synaptic
> menu is in portuguese, I don't know the exact command in English) and
> browse to the location above. Then... the rpm packages are disable.
> 
> If I try a command line like rpm -i lazarus.... the rpm shows a lot of
> missing libraries that I'm right that are in the system.
> 
> I think that Windows and the years let my brain slow!! 
> 
> Can anybody help me???
> 
> Thankx in advance
> 
> Aron L. Petrucci
> aron at uel.br
> Londrina - PR
> Brazil
> 
> 
> 
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Matthew Nicholson <sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com>
sjoeboo.com
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