"Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?
Dmitrij S. Kryzhevich
krege at land.ru
Wed Nov 24 03:38:23 UTC 2010
> I actually have another question, is it safe to directly install
> packages with dpkg ?
Dpkg does NOT use rpm db to check files to be ovewriten if they are already
exist in the system, dpkg does not make dependencies check.
> Intuitively, I would say no... but then I wonder why this tool is
> available (at least more easily than alien).
Some time you need to prepare deb package, i.e. to distribute your own
software.
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