.deb files -- opening/installing under RedHat

Is it possible to deal with a .deb (Debian Package) file under RedHat
Linux (RPM-based).

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Robert Heller wrote:

> Is it possible to deal with a .deb (Debian Package) file under RedHat
> Linux (RPM-based).


.... www.google.com/linux for "alien"
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Robert Heller wrote:
> Is it possible to deal with a .deb (Debian Package) file under RedHat
> Linux (RPM-based).
>

There is a tool called alien, see
<http://www.kitenet.net/programs/alien/>.

A .deb package is an ar archive. The payload is
in the file data.tar.gz as a tar/gzip archive.
You can manually disassemble a .deb package, but
it will then be not in your package management.

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Robert Heller wrote:
> Is it possible to deal with a .deb (Debian Package) file under RedHat
> Linux (RPM-based).

Yes, you can install dkpg and apt in Redhat, or use alien as someone
says in one post.

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