your making this much harder than it needs to be. They have an Ubuntu install option that does not entail useing an RPM http://www.jupiterapplet.org/downloads.html there is ubuntu. wich takes you to https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/jupiter repo add insturctions from the same page: https://launchpad.net/+help-soyuz/ppa-sources-list.html they then have instructions on how to add the repo which you cna then use apt-get or my favorite aptitude to install. On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > Thanks for inspiring me. My system is Ubuntu based so first I had to google > for converting RPM to deb and I found Alien. So I run alien and it runs > successfuly (I think). But no lightning bolt anywhere to be seen! Any ideas > what I did wrong? > > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ sudo alien -i * > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY > Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package jupiter: postinst > Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts. > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID > 069c119e: NOKEY >     dpkg --no-force-overwrite -i jupiter_0.0.51-4_all.deb > Selecting previously deselected package jupiter. > (Reading database ... 172494 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking jupiter (from jupiter_0.0.51-4_all.deb) ... > Setting up jupiter (0.0.51-4) ... > Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... > Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... > Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... > Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ sudo updatedb > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ locate jupiter* > /home/bmike1/Downloads/jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm > /home/bmike1/Programs/Jupiter/jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ jupiter > jupiter: command not found > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Brian Weaver wrote: >> >> Try this.. :) >> >> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+install+a+linux+RPM >> >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>> well, I extracted the rpm and go >>> >>>      bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ ls -l >>>      total 60 >>>      drwxrwxr-x 4 bmike1 bmike1  4096 2011-11-29 08:07 etc >>>      -rw-rw-r-- 1 bmike1 bmike1 47296 2011-11-28 20:21 >>> jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm >>>      drwxrwxr-x 5 bmike1 bmike1  4096 2011-11-29 08:07 usr >>>      drwxrwxr-x 3 bmike1 bmike1  4096 2011-11-29 08:07 var >>>      bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ >>> >>> What else am I supposed to do to install it? >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 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