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