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worker201

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crazy linux question
« on: 21 October 2003, 22:22 »
The linux world is kinda ridiculous sometimes...

So I know how to install software from source, no big deal.  But I havent got any clue how to install packaged software.  I use Suse8.2, and I just scored the full version of WordPerfect.  It's in deb form (which means nothing to me), but apparently there is some way to transform it with 'Alien' to rpm form (which means nothing to me).  Anybody have any clue what I have to do here?  Doesn't rpm stand for redhat package management or something?  Does that even help me at all?  Any thoughts, ideas, links, or smacks upside the head for being such an idiot would be greatly appreciated.
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« Reply #1 on: 23 October 2003, 04:27 »
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Originally posted by worker201:
The linux world is kinda ridiculous sometimes...

So I know how to install software from source, no big deal.  But I havent got any clue how to install packaged software.  I use Suse8.2, and I just scored the full version of WordPerfect.  It's in deb form (which means nothing to me), but apparently there is some way to transform it with 'Alien' to rpm form (which means nothing to me).  Anybody have any clue what I have to do here?  Doesn't rpm stand for redhat package management or something?  Does that even help me at all?  Any thoughts, ideas, links, or smacks upside the head for being such an idiot would be greatly appreciated.


Start as 'root'(su)
#alien -r "package_name".deb (makes the rpm-package)
#rpm -i "package_name".rpm (or click on the rpm to use Yast)
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