.deb File Install
Alex Makhlin
makhlina at gmail.com
Wed Oct 1 00:07:10 UTC 2008
Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Alex Makhlin wrote:
>
>> Can anyone be so kind as to tell me how to install .deb files on
>> Fedora 9? I would greatly appreciate it.
>>
>
> It's not really possible or recommended to install .deb packages on
> Fedora. They were built for another distro. Instead, you should look
> for something built for Fedora 9 as an rpm.
>
> Explain in a little more detail why you want to do this and what
> particular .deb you have in mind and perhaps we can help you better.
>
>
Thank you for the information, it was quite helpful!! I was able to get
what I needed working through an .rpm package but I found that you are
correct that .deb is not for Fedora and could have really screwed up
things if I tried to install it.
Thanks again
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