On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Sam Martin wrote:

> On Dec 18, 2007 9:11 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
>>
>> Why would I want to run an Ubuntu package on a Red Hat machine?  Because
>> the Ubuntu package is a more recent version or installs to a different
>> folder or was compiled with different options, or maybe the package is
>> available for Ubuntu and doesn't even exist for Red Hat.  Aren't these
>> real possibilities?
>
> Yup.  Take a look at "alien" (http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien), 
> which converts packages between different formats (e.g., deb -> rpm). 
> I'd advise a fair amount of caution, but it works reasonably well if 
> you're in a pinch.

Interesting.  I'll definitely try to avoid it, but we'll see what happens.

Mike