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Christian

2 Jan 2009 2 Jan '09

15:47

Hi all, I have been using that other distribution for some time now, but I am thinking about switching to openSUSE since it seems to have some nice and cool features compared to the other. How do i install .deb packages on opensuse? Many thanks, Christian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Cristian Rodríguez

2 Jan 2 Jan

15:53

Christian escribió:

How do i install .deb packages on opensuse?

You can, but you dont, install packages in RPM format available from either the oss, non-oss,packman or the countless repositories available in the buildservice. -- "We have art in order not to die of the truth" - Friedrich Nietzsche Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/

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medwinz

15:56

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Christian wrote:

Hi all, I have been using that other distribution for some time now, but I am thinking about switching to openSUSE since it seems to have some nice and cool features compared to the other. How do i install .deb packages on opensuse? Many thanks, Christian

There is an "allien" tool on openSUSE, but I think better don't use it :-) Please search the packages in openSUSE repo. Try this one to search http://packages.opensuse-community.org/ regards, medwinz -- W. C. Fields - "I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Jay C Vollmer

17:31

On Friday 02 January 2009, Christian wrote:

Hi all, I have been using that other distribution for some time now, but I am thinking about switching to openSUSE since it seems to have some nice and cool features compared to the other. How do i install .deb packages on opensuse? Many thanks, Christian

OpenSUSE is an RPM distro, so you should stick with using RPM versions of the packages you want to install. If you want the best of both worlds in a hassle-free environment, do as I do and install Ubuntu in a virtual machine running on openSUSE. -- JAY VOLLMER -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Kevin Dupuy

23:12

On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 16:47 +0100, Christian wrote:

Hi all, I have been using that other distribution for some time now, but I am thinking about switching to openSUSE since it seems to have some nice and cool features compared to the other. How do i install .deb packages on opensuse? Many thanks, Christian

Simplest solution: find the package in our software catalogs. Search @ http://software.opensuse.org/search (or choose "openSUSE Software" in the Firefox search bar). If nothing turns up, try searching at http://packages.opensuse-community.org/ which indexes some of the community catalogs separate of openSUSE's. Us the 1-Click Install functionality to install them (simply click on the 1-Click Install button, YaST will guide you through the rest). If you can't find what you're looking for there, and you absolutely need to use a .deb package (.rpm packages work on openSUSE, use those if you can), then you can try using an application called "alien". It's a command line app that I'm not too familiar with, but if you need to, it's worth a shot. Otherwise, welcome to openSUSE, and have a lot of fun! -- Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy - openSUSE Member Public Mail: Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from the Yeaux! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Allen Zhu

3 Jan 3 Jan

23:07

Homepage of Alien: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/. Think that will help... Allen Zhu allen.jaloola@gmail.com Groucho Marx - "I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury." On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Kevin Dupuy wrote:

On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 16:47 +0100, Christian wrote:

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Hi all, I have been using that other distribution for some time now, but I am thinking about switching to openSUSE since it seems to have some nice and cool features compared to the other. How do i install .deb packages on opensuse? Many thanks, Christian

Simplest solution: find the package in our software catalogs. Search @ http://software.opensuse.org/search (or choose "openSUSE Software" in the Firefox search bar). If nothing turns up, try searching at http://packages.opensuse-community.org/ which indexes some of the community catalogs separate of openSUSE's. Us the 1-Click Install functionality to install them (simply click on the 1-Click Install button, YaST will guide you through the rest).

If you can't find what you're looking for there, and you absolutely need to use a .deb package (.rpm packages work on openSUSE, use those if you can), then you can try using an application called "alien". It's a command line app that I'm not too familiar with, but if you need to, it's worth a shot.

Otherwise, welcome to openSUSE, and have a lot of fun! -- Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy - openSUSE Member Public Mail: Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from the Yeaux!

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