Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2013 06:56:31 -0400, John Aldrich wrote: > >> I have an app that is available in three formats: Mac, Windows and .DEB. >> I would like to install it on my Fedora box, but, obviously, Fedora >> doesn't support .DEB files. So, I thought, why not use Alien to install >> it? Except, there doesn't seem to be an Alien RPM for Fedora 18. The >> most recent I could find was Fedora 16. Has Alien been abandoned? If >> not, where can I find it? > > First place to look at is Fedora package git. > http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/alien.git/ > > It's a rather new addition to the package collection. > The package review has been completed just recently: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695233 > I don't know how useful alien would really be. Because package naming is not consistent between debian and Fedora, I'm guessing that it's unlikely to be able to satisfy requirements most of the time. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
