[kwlug-disc] how to install fedora rpms on ubuntu 10.04?

[Lori Paniak]

If you do need the 1.99 version, it might be easier to get the source
and doctor the existing deb packaging to make your own deb.  All the
pre/post-inst scripts should already be there.  Not to mention the
dependencies (your next note). It is just a bunch of perl script, right?

Debian unstable appears to have a newer version too (1.6.3).  You can
often install Debian packages in ubuntu without issue.

I doubt alien does all/any of the deps correctly.

Maybe test in a VM if you want to avoid nasty surprises.


On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 14:28 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> i think i have most of what i need but it would be nice if someone
> could fill in the remaining gaps to make sure this goes smoothly.
> 
>   i have two "noarch" rpms here:
> 
> http://rlandmann.fedorapeople.org/publican/
> 
> that i'd like to install on my ubuntu 10.04 system.  the first benefit
> is that they're "noarch" which should simplify things in the sense of
> not having to worry about library inconsistencies.
> 
>   my next worry is when rpms have complicated pre or post install
> scripts which might not be compatible, but again, i'm lucking out:
> 
> $ rpm -qp --scripts publican-1.99-0.fc12.t47.noarch.rpm
> $
> 
> $ rpm -qp --scripts publican-website-1.99-0.fc12.t47.noarch.rpm
> postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
> /usr/bin/perl -e 'use Publican::WebSite; my $ws = Publican::WebSite->new(); $ws->regen_all_toc();'
> $
> 
>   so that second rpm package has all of one perl command as a
> postinstall scriptlet, which means i could simply lose that script and
> run it later manually, i would think.
> 
>   so, finally, run "alien" to do the conversion:
> 
> $ sudo alien publican-1.99-0.fc12.t47.noarch.rpm
> error: incorrect format: unknown tag
> publican_1.99-1_all.deb generated
> $
> 
> $ sudo alien publican-website-1.99-0.fc12.t47.noarch.rpm
> error: incorrect format: unknown tag
> Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package publican-website: postinst
> Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
> publican-website_1.99-1_all.deb generated
> $
> 
>   actually, that looks pretty good -- a predictable warning about
> leaving a post-install script behind.  now ... what can i do to sanity
> check those two .deb packages before manually installing them?    and
> what would be the safest strategy?  the system already has a
> native (old) version of publican that i'll uninstall first.  but once
> that's done, then what?  so i don't do mysterious damage to my
> packaging database.  thanks.
> 
> rday
> 

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