How do I install downloaded programs...

[ngch]

I am a newbie to Linux, so I know very little. I downloaded the game Project: Starfighter (http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/starfighter.php) as an rmp package. But I do not know how to install it. Can someone help me?

[Ste]

I am a newbie to Linux, so I know very little. I downloaded the game Project: Starfighter (http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/starfighter.php) as an rmp package. But I do not know how to install it. Can someone help me?
Rpm is Redhats package manager.
Get the .deb instead. then from the terminal

sudo dpkg -i starfighter-1.1-1.deb.deb

[az]

If there is no deb available, use alien to convert an rpm into a deb. Be aware that this may screw up your system as packages are rarely compati ble.

install alien.

sudo alien -i whatever.rpm

[ngch]

Thanks for the help guys. :)