How to install rpms?

[mlinuxuser]

How to install rpm softwares in ubuntu 9.04?

[howefield]

How to install rpm softwares in ubuntu 9.04?

You can't.

You can however convert them to .deb with Alien, but how good this is, I couldn't vouch.

You can install Alien using Synaptic Package Manager.

[Mark Phelps]

My personal experience using converted rpms is mixed -- some worked, some didn't.

Apparently, some of the libraries and entries are different such that, even after a conversion of an .rpm file to a .deb file, it doesn't really have all the correct entries.

So, it's generally not a good idea to try to force installation of converted .rpm files in Ubuntu.

[mlinuxuser]

thanks for the suggestions. I wan to know that whether alien is a command line utility?

[wojox]

Yes you need the terminal: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RPM/AlienHowto

[inobe]

How to install rpm softwares in ubuntu 9.04?

you can avoid that !


what's the application ?

[mlinuxuser]

MySQL

[doas777]

looks like it is already in the repos:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/install-mysql-server-5-on-ubuntu/