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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>>>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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Leon A. Goldstein

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