fredagen den 14 juni 2002 11.24 skrev du: :: Hi Anders, :: :: I am also interested in this possibility. Is there a "HOW-TO" for getting :: apt4rpm to work with SuSE? There seems to be a fair amount of people on :: the list that either have had problem getting it to work or have :: experienced problems after it was working. :: :: Cheers, :: :: Brian There is a howto at http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm The problems people have with apt boil down to three things: 1. apt refuses to do anything on a system with broken dependencies. Therefore start out with issuing the commands "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". This will basically make your system apt-ready.If you get errors the error messages are informative enough so you can fix them manually. 2. ximian. Since ximian's version-numbering is incompatible with SuSE's apt will most certainly sooner or later create a broken system. It is therefore highly recomended that you remove any reference to ximian in your /etc/apt/sources.list. 3. Non-SuSE rpms. Version numbering, dependencies, provides etc. Solution: build your own RPMS from source with checkinstall. You can tweak version numbering from within checkinstall so that your builds will not be overwritten by apt-get. If this isn't an option there's another workaround: You wan't to install the totally apt-unfriendly package foo.rpm which you have placed in /tmp cd / cpio2rpm /tmp/foo.rpm | cpio -iduv This will install the files but not touch the rpm database. Best regards Anders -- Your fault: core dumped
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