.rpm oder nur .deb Pakete????

[sepp]

Hi kann man unter <b>Debian Gnu Linux</b> auch .rpm Pakete verwenden oder nur .deb Pakete?

[Manuel Capellari]

ja kannst du .. würd ich aber nicht machen ... da debian nicht für rpm ausgelegt ist bzw. die RPM pakete sind auch nicht für debian gemacht, da kann es zu diskrepanzen kommen

falls du's wirklich machen willst (was einem vaterlandsverrat gleich käme) unter www.rpm.org kannst du die sourcen von RPM saugen ... die einfach kompilieren und installieren ...

aber sei gewarnt

bye M.

[Debora]

3.4 Can I use Debian packages (".deb" files) on my RedHat/Slackware/... Linux system? Can I
use RedHat packages (".rpm" files) on my Debian GNU/Linux system?

Different Linux distributions use different package formats and different package management programs.

You probably can:
A program to unpack a Debian package onto a Linux host that is been built from a `foreign' distribution is available, and will
generally work, in the sense that files will be unpacked. The converse is probably also true, that is, a program to unpack a RedHat
or Slackware package on a host that is based on Debian GNU/Linux will probably succeed in unpacking the package and placing
most files in their intended directories. This is largely a consequence of the existence (and broad adherence to) the Linux
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.

You probably do not want to:
Most package managers write administrative files when they are used to unpack an archive. These administrative files are
generally not standardized. Therefore, the effect of unpacking a Debian package on a `foreign' host will have unpredictable
(certainly not useful) effects on the package manager on that system. Likewise, utilities from other distributions might succeed
in unpacking their archives on Debian systems, but will probably cause the Debian package management system to fail when the
time comes to upgrade or remove some packages, or even simply to report exactly what packages are present on a system.

A better way:
The Linux File System Standard (and therefore Debian GNU/Linux) requires that subdirectories under /usr/local/ be entirely
under the user's discretion. Therefore, users can unpack `foreign' packages into this directory, and then manage their
configuration, upgrade and removal individually.