Re: Reverse Alien

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From: Thomas Zajic
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:00

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 22:09:16 +0100, Bibico Cando wrote:

> Alien installs Red Hat, Stampede, and Slackware Packages with dpkg.
> Is there a similar tool to install dpkg (debian) package with a rpm
> based distribution (caldera)?

Yes, it's called "alien" - try 'alien -r package.deb'. ;-) BTW alien
doesn't _install_ packages, it only _converts_ back and forth between
various package formats, AFAIK.

HTH,
Thomas
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