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damienl June 27th, 2006 08:47 PM

Problem Installing w/Ubuntu Linux
 
Hi-I am very new to using Linux and I have just recently installed Ubuntu...I really wanted to get Limewire on my new system but when I go to open the installation file I get an error message saying that my os does not recognize the rpm type? Can someone help me? I really do not know what I am doing...Thanks

Flats November 3rd, 2006 11:41 AM

Ubuntu and RPM
 
Damien,

You must remember Ubuntu doesn't support RPM by default. to install an RPM package you must use Alien. If I'm not mistaken, the proper command line is

alien -i XXX.rpm

XXX = Filename. I believe this first converts the RPM to a debian format then installs it. Best you can do is try and see what happens

Flats

ygathddu January 28th, 2007 02:05 PM

similar problem...
 
Hi!

I've got the same problem damien already posted but I use debian instead of ubuntu. The problem with installing LimeWire, however, is the same - debian does not recognize the rpm file type. Which package do I need to enable rpm unpacking under a debian distribution?

Thank you very much in advance for your help :)
y gath ddu :cat:
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Edit: I came across this thread via the LimeWire forum yesterday evening without seeing all other threads in here. Today I went through the threads on this gnutella forum and I think I know now what to do. I'll get the package Alien (if I understood correctly, it's working also for debian - unfortunately I can't check on the debian page because they disabled the site search *sighs*) Then I'll install the LimeWire.rpm with the command line mentioned above - it should work also for debian, its structure looks familiar ;) . If necessary I'll also install the Sun Java as mentioned in the thread on top of the list. With alien I should be able to install the rpm version of Sun Java with the detailed instruction in the other thread.

I hope I got everything right. If not, I'll ask for further support in the debian thread.

Greetings from cold Finland
y gath ddu


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