From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 11 21:44:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-out2.bellatlantic.net (smtp-out2.bellatlantic.net [199.45.39.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F8937B422 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:44:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smartsoft.cc (client-209-158-92-46.bellatlantic.net [209.158.92.46]) by smtp-out2.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA08731; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:43:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <39BDB451.FCDD8608@smartsoft.cc> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:42:57 -0400 From: Jan Knepper Organization: Smartsoft, LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ahze@baddog.yi.org Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How to extract/install a Linux .rpm file References: <20000912042215.1AB08CC@baddog.yi.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I don't want and .rpm, it just so happens that I received a Linux binary wrapped in a .rpm file. If possible I would like to un-wrap the product and see whether or not it works on FreeBSD as well. Also, /usr/ports does contain a lot, but not 'everything'. Don't worry, be Kneppie! Jan Mike Johnson wrote: > why do you want an rpm ? theres /usr/ports > > > Does any of you know how to extract/install a Linix .rpm file? -- Jan Knepper Smartsoft, LLC 88 Petersburg Road Petersburg, NJ 08270 U.S.A. http://www.smartsoft.cc/ http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess Phone : 609-628-4260 FAX : 609-628-1267 FAX : 303-845-6415 http://www.fax4free.com/ Phone : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) FAX : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message