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* Alien is a really cool tool for converting packages between different formats. It can create fairly a good DebianPackage out of an rpm. There are options you will need to use to ensure the (pre||post)inst scripts are included in the Debian package, because it defaults to turning them off for security. Off the top of my head, use 'alien -c -N &ltrpm-package&gt', but check the man page.
 * Alien is a really cool tool for converting packages between different formats. It can create fairly a good DebianPackage out of an rpm. There are options you will need to use to ensure the (pre||post)inst scripts are included in the Debian package, because it defaults to turning them off for security. Off the top of my head, use 'alien -c -N <rpm-package>', but check the man page.
  • Alien is a really cool tool for converting packages between different formats. It can create fairly a good DebianPackage out of an rpm. There are options you will need to use to ensure the (pre||post)inst scripts are included in the Debian package, because it defaults to turning them off for security. Off the top of my head, use 'alien -c -N <rpm-package>', but check the man page.