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Alien


   Alien converts between the rpm, deb, Stampede slp, and Slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package
   from another distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your
   preferred package format and install it.

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Download:  http://kitenet.net/programs/code/alien/alien.tar.gz
Red Hat Packages:
 http://kitenet.net/programs/RPMS.cgi#alien
Debian Packages:
 http://kitenet.net/programs/debs.cgi#alien
 Homepage:
  http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/
  Changelog:
  http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/CHANGES
Jason wrote

> I prefer finding packages in .tar.gz format... I never have had much
> luck opening those pesky RPM things, and while I know there is a tool
> to do so out there somewhere, its been easier to find non RPM versions
> than to wonder what else RPM will do while installing into my system.
>
> I prefer manual installation over anything else (obviously, LOL)
>
> Bill Warner wrote:
> > Exactly why I prefer Debian
>
> > > Jason wrote:
> > > > Oh, I'm pretty familiar with gathering up libraries and such.. this
> > > > system WAS a slackware 3.1 install at some point, back in the day...
> > > > but most stuff using the OpenGL libraries doesnt also include
> > > > directions with "Go here for drivers", etc.. also, when I looked into
> > > > OpenGL, there was a lot of obfuscation about each different piece of
> > > > hardware having its own website with drivers, etc ... maybe its
> > > > licensing that keeps people from making a package out of it, I
> > > > dunno...
>
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