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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:06:37
Message-Id: 358eca8f0904060306r54a037dbp6c9490d2af89447e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo by Neil Bothwick
1 2009/4/6 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>:
2 > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 06:41:53 +0100, Mick wrote:
3 >
4 >> How can I use this on a gentoo machine (I understand that it won't be
5 >> maintained by portage).
6 >
7 > Use rpm2targz to turn it into a tarball, then unpack it into your
8 > root filesystem (after first checking the contents).
9
10 Thanks Neil, is that the equivalent of running:
11
12 yum install /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/packageXXX.el5.i386.rpm
13
14 on RH?
15 --
16 Regards,
17 Mick

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[gentoo-user] Re: [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>