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Re: [BL] Debian packages and busybox

From: Neo Sze Wee <neoszewee AT gmx.net>
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] Debian packages and busybox
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 14:27:56 +0000

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 11:48:33AM -0400, keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:

> spend half an hour downloading the rpm Opera package. Has anyone tried
> running installpkg on a Linux that normally uses rpm?

Impossible. rpm file uses cpio and gzip (or bipz2). You need rpm2cpio or
disrpm. disrpm is the best but it requires the full version of dd, sed
and od.

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