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  From: Phil Nitschke <phil@caemrad.com.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: 30 Jun 1999 22:32:28 +0930

Re: installing rpm file to Debian system

>>>>> "BB" == branko  <branko@senet.com.au> writes:

  BB> According to the man page for alien, the syntax: 

  BB> alien [--to-deb] [--patch=file] [options] file [...]
 
  BB> should do what you are asking. However, it won't create the
  BB> post-install script. Does anyone know what the kde-installer is
  BB> attempting to do?  Maybe its a shell script in which case you
  BB> could examine it and finish the install manually.

I don't know what this "kde-installer" is doing, but the real problem
(IMHO!) is that he/she should not be trying to install red hat KDE
packages on a debian system when debian packages are available.
Debian KDE packages can be found at http://snowcrash.tdyc.com/
It sounds like this person is switching to red hat, though.

-- 
Phil.

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