Comments on: Install .rpm Files in Debian and Ubuntu

By: Ran

Ran — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:56:37 +0000

I just install a gyachi by converting .rpm to deb but when the installation is complete the gyachi can’t seem to work. What is the probable problem please help I am just a noob.

By: humtaro

humtaro — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:35:36 +0000

An alien GUI

http://code.google.com/p/foxoman/wiki/PackageConverter

By: mandy

mandy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:03:07 +0000

the problem of installing .rpm files for noobs is still not addressed. please somebody care to guide…:)

By: 0guzhan

0guzhan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:30:49 +0000

Thanks… Very much useful…

By: racolavito

racolavito — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:36:12 +0000

I am new to Linux. 3 Days. I have installed Ubuntu 8.1 on my computer. It wiped out the loading of my Windows XP. Then I tried to load the program Openoffice 3.0. It downloaded but then I can not get it to install. You say get the version for your operating system but I could only find a RPM version and that was from the OpenOffice.org webpage.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:58:14 +0000

Why didn’t anyone respond to John (#6)?? I am having the same problem, I know that not all linux distros are the same, but if dpkg says something is installed, how the heck do I use it??

By: Kevin Valentine

Kevin Valentine — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:28:01 +0000

Hi Amol,

Been over 2 months so you’ve probably figured it out by now, but what the heck …
You need to install the ubuntu-desktop package as follows:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Answer yes to whatever questions it may ask, make sure you have enough disk space, then walk away for about 2 hours. When you come back you’ll most likely still have black screen. Need to start gdm like this:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

Hopefully bulletproof X won’t give you trouble

By: Amol Shende

Amol Shende — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:40:06 +0000

How to get GUI on UBUNTU 8.04 LTS server.

By: Chris Snyder

Chris Snyder — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:17:36 +0000

Folks, if you are a new user trying to install Linux software, the tool described in this post is not for you. Different Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, SUSE, etc) each have their own packages and package formats. It is generally a bad idea to try to install a package meant for one distribution onto another. You can’t just mix and match like you can (to some extent) in Windows.

Please refer to the official website and help forums for your specific Linux distribution for how to install the software you need.

By: zama

zama — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:25:54 +0000

Hi.. i got this new machine installed with linux on it now i am trying to install rpm packages and to configure the mail server it gives me a hard time i can;t find the solution to it.i have been google it but still then i can;t seem to find the right solutions. if can anyone help me, i real need to see this. thanks

any help will be appreciated.

By: fireashes

fireashes — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:48:14 +0000

I have the same problem as #5 Shinbu-Otaku about the AVG. : i cannot update AVG as i do not have the privileges. Can anyone help me. (i might be wrong with the AVG one, it might only let you update when new updates are available but tells u that you dont have the privileges other wise)

By: Dov

Dov — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:48:52 +0000

Why not just refer a new user to the Package Manager? He’ll most likely find all he wants there easily?

By: Admin

Admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:04:01 +0000

if you want to install .rpm you need to open terminal and you need to install from command line.

If you want to unpack tar.gz file

you need to use the following commnad

tar xzvf filename.tar.gz

If you want unpack tar.gz2 file you need to use the following command

tar jxvf filename.tar.gz2

By: joshh

joshh — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:32:10 +0000

I just installed ubuntu on my laptop and cant figure out how to install anything on it… I’ve been using windows my whole life! I have a pile of rpm, tar.gz(2)’s, and kth files on desktop waiting to be installed. I am a complete n00b.

I’m scratching my head over this one…

any help would be great!

email:
j.kerns@hotmail.com

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:59:33 +0000

I converted an rpm of KDMTheme to a .deb file and it seems to have installed but I can’t find the program for the life of me. Please help!

By: Shinbu-Otaku

Shinbu-Otaku — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:25:26 +0000

I have used Alien last night to install both AVG and the newest K9copy, but i have problems with both. By the looks of things i cannot update AVG as i do not have the privileges, and K9copy does not have a launcher, so i have to boot it from the terminal. Can anyone help me on either of these (i might be wrong with the AVG one, it might only let you update when new updates are available but tells u that you dont have the privileges other wise)

By: Manish

Manish — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:20:57 +0000

the instructions helped me a lot with my installation.

thanks and keep up the good work

newbie

By: Imran

Imran — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:40:27 +0000

I think using alien is safer in some cases, as you can look at the generated
.deb file and see what files it will install to make sure the package will
not change any critical files.

By: Admin

Admin — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:24:48 +0000

thanks for your suggestion.I will write an article how to use smart after testing

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:05:52 +0000

Why not just install the .rpm file directly using smart, rather than converting it using alien and then installing it with dpkg.

One less step involved that way.

http://labix.org/smart
http://labix.org/smart/features

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/smart

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/1612259