the 'which distro' question
Leon Goldstein
metapsych
Fri Mar 2 14:57:04 PST 2007
Tony Alfrey wrote:
>Leon Goldstein wrote:
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>>Tony Alfrey wrote:
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>>>Is it a problem for you that they use different package managing
>>>systems? Can you put rpm-based things on a Debian box?
>>>Thanks!
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>>Libranet installs RPM's after a trivial setup: mkdir /var/lib/rpm, then
>>rpm --initdb.
>>It's probably the same for generic Debian once the RPM suport packages
>>are installed.
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>>Some apps, e.g. Applix 5.0 and StarOffice 8, expect to install in an RPM
>>environment.
>>There are some workarounds, e.g. alien, but I have no major problems
>>installing these with the normal installation scripts once RPM support
>>is set up.
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>That's very interesting news. It does, however, look like Libranet is
>not being built currently. I see a variety of stuff on Google that
>doesn't look too promising re: Libranet.
>This package issue looks like an important consideration.
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Right: Libranet is all but extinct. However, it works for me, and
kernel updates are a snap.
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