rpm2tgz missing

[Neo23x0]

I can't find the rpm2tgz program which I use quite often.
Any plans to integrate it?

[imported_cybrsnpr]

Although I'm not a dev, I would venture to guess that rpm2tgz wouldn't be included since debian based distros use .deb files in their package manager (apt-get) vice tgz files (such as you are familar with in slackware).

If you want to convert rpm's to .deb files, there is a tool called alien. It isn't in BT4, but can be installed using: apt-get install alien

Hope this helps...but again, I'm not a dev so this certainly isn't "the last word".

[emily]

I'd say that alien is your best bet, and it's easy to install using apt-get/aptitude.

[xorred]

Install alien in debian

#apt-get install alien

This will install all the required packages.Now you can start converting your .rpm files to .deb packages.

Available Options for alien

Convert the package.rpm into a package.deb

#alien -d package-name.rpm

Convert the package.rpm into a package.deb, and install the generated package.

#alien -i package-name.rpm

If you want to keeps alien from changing the version number use the following command

#alien -k rpm-package-file.rpm

Example

Suppose we have a avg antivirus avg71lms-r30-a0782.i386.rpm file

To convert .rpm to debian

#alien -k avg71lms-r30-a0782.i386.rpm

Now you should be having avg71lms-r30-a0782.i386.deb file

To install .deb file

#dpkg -i avg71lms-r30-a0782.i386.deb

If you don’t use -k option you should see avg71lms_r30-1_i386.deb file the difference is it will add 1

Install alien in Ubuntu

$sudo apt-get install alien

You can check the above section for available options

Example

Suppose we have a avg antivirus avg71lms-r30-a0782.i386.rpm file

To convert .rpm to debian

$sudo alien -k avg71lms-r30-a0782.i386.rpm

Now you should be having avg71lms-r30-a0782.i386.deb file

To install .deb file

$sudo dpkg -i avg71lms-r30-a0782.i386.deb

If you don’t use -k option you should see avg71lms_r30-1_i386.deb file the difference is it will add 1