Installing rpm package in Ubuntu 6.06

[José Paulo Matafome Oleiro]

If you can find the source code, you can compile it from the sources and
then create the debian package for installing, it's better.

Seg, 2006-07-24 às 19:58 -0400, Matthew Nicholson escreveu:

> 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
> > 
> > 
> > 

Sincerely
José Oleiro aka Matafome (#computers at irc.ptnet.org)
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