need help with RPM

[fmpfmpf]

hello everyone. this is my 1st Linux experience....so pls dont laugh.
My question is, how do i install the RPM?
i am using Ubuntu 7.10

i typed this in the terminal:-
sudo apt-get install rpm

and this is what i got:-
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

then i type this again:-
sudo apt-get install rpm

and the reply is:-
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package rpm is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
E: Package rpm has no installation candidate

i am installing drivers for a touch screen monitor.
http://www.elotouch.com/Support/Down...dnld.asp#linux

i am using the Unified_Serial_Source.zip

What should i do?

thank you in advanced

[Xiong Chiamiov]

RPM is a file extension used by Red Hat for installation files. Although it is possible to install software on Ubuntu that ends in .rpm, it is not recommended. Rather, you should first look in Synaptic, then for a .deb, then compile from source. There is an excellent guide you should take a look at here (http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/).

EDIT: And that said, there is no need to apologize. All of us were new at some time (January for me), and there are many things that are quite different than what we were used to...

[seshomaru samma]

What is RPM?

Do you mean Red Hat programmes ?
You can install Red Hat software (RPMs) with Alien

sudo apt-get install alien

[mapes12]

RPM is the Redhat Package Manager protocol and is not supported in Ubuntu. Redhat based distros use RPM. Ubuntu is based on Debian and uses the Aptitude protocol. Call up a terminal window: "man apt-get" for the full command switches. Either way, from your desktop: System / Administration / Synaptic Package Manager should do the job. Make sure you have all the repositories you need configured into your system.

[nebu]

u can use alien to convert rpm files to deb files which work on your ubuntu system

first install alien....

$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install alienthen use alien to convert the rpm to a deb file

$sudo alien -k name-of-rpm-file.rpmthen install form the deb file...

$sudo dpkg -i name-of-deb-file.deb

[kestrel1]

The only RPM I know of is an .rpm file, that are packages used to install programs on some Linux systems. Ubuntu is Debian based & uses .deb files, although you can convert .rpm's to .deb if you are unable to install the source files.
What are you actually trying to do?

[warbread]

In terminal, go to the directory with the .rpm file and type:


:-$ sudo apt-get install alien
:-$ alien -d FILE.rpm

This will turn the .rpm file into a .deb file, which Ubuntu uses. It will appear in the same directory. Double click on it, or type into the terminal:


:-$ sudo dpkg -i FILE.deb

[Xiong Chiamiov]

Ah no! Alien bad! Unless you have absolutely no other choice, building (preferably with checkinstall) is a much better option from what I've seen. Alien always seems to have problems.

[mapes12]

I agree with Xiong Chiamiov. Don't use alien. You will screw up your system. Stay with native .deb packages from the repositories. What are you trying to install??

[fmpfmpf]

ok, so how do i install this deb file?
should i tpye something like sudo apt-get install deb?

thank you

[fmpfmpf]

I am using Ubuntu 7.10
i want to install some drivers, and i have obtained the drivers from the company's website.
The problem is, Ubuntu runs with .deb, but the drivers provided are .rpm
what should i do?
i have tried searching for the .deb drivers in Synamptic Package Manager, but no result

thank you very much

[pedro_orange]

I am using Ubuntu 7.10
i want to install some drivers, and i have obtained the drivers from the company's website.
The problem is, Ubuntu runs with .deb, but the drivers provided are .rpm
what should i do?
i have tried searching for the .deb drivers in Synamptic Package Manager, but no result

thank you very much

What sort of drivers are we talking about here?
What hardware are we trying to install?

[fmpfmpf]

i am installing drivers for a touch screen monitor.
http://www.elotouch.com/Support/Downloads/dnld.asp#linux

i am using the Unified_Serial_Source.zip

thank you

[brettg]

You need to convert rpm to deb;

sudo alien --to-deb filename.rpm --scripts

If alien is not installed (it's not by default) you need to enable the multiverse repo (or maybe universe) and do;

sudo apt-get install alien

[MaindotC]

If the drivers are in .rpm format you can convert them to .deb installers using a program called alien. Alien is available in the repositories. When it is installed, you should be able to extract and conver them using this thread (http://howtoforge.com/converting_rpm_to_deb_with_alien)

[SupaSonic]

I think you should use this (taken from the link you gave):


Using the Linux Package Manager:

* Log in on the e-services page, then click the Download Linux Driver link to assemble and download the driver package.

It says


Pre-built binaries for popular Linux distributions.


So there's a good chance there is a deb for Ubuntu. It's definitely better than using alien.

[Joeb454]

There's another thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=785123) on this - whereby people have already recommended AGAINST using Alien - it always results in issues :(

Oh and to the OP - it's against the Forum CoC (Codes of Conduct) to post duplicate threads - just a heads up)

[MaindotC]

Thank you for brining this to my attention. I've never had any problems with alien.

[MaindotC]

Once you have created the .deb file you can view it in a file browser, right click it, and select "open with debian package manager".

From the command prompt, you can type:

[code]
dpkg -i <filename.deb>
[code]

[mapes12]

If you mean the the Synaptic Package Manager then it's already on your system: System / Administration / Synaptic Package Manager.

If you mean a specific package which one are you trying to install??

[fmpfmpf]

I think you should use this (taken from the link you gave):

It says


So there's a good chance there is a deb for Ubuntu. It's definitely better than using alien.

i dont seem to able to find "Pre-built binaries for popular Linux distributions."

thank you

[jong2x]

i need help with .rpm i'm using ubuntu this is my first time using linux o.s. ... i downloaded xmms but i can't change the file to .deb and i don't know what i'm doing wrong... help... thanks...

james@james-laptop:~$ sudo alien -d xmms-kde-3.1-2-redhat9.i386.rpm
[sudo] password for james:
File "xmms-kde-3.1-2-redhat9.i386.rpm" not found.
james@james-laptop:~$ sudo alien -d xmms
File "xmms" not found.
james@james-laptop:~$ sudo alien -d xmms.rpm
File "xmms.rpm" not found.
james@james-laptop:~$ sudo alien -k xmms-kde-3.1-2-RedHat9.i386.rpm
File "xmms-kde-3.1-2-RedHat9.i386.rpm" not found.

haha... it's obvious that i don't know what i'm doing haha...

[brettg]

Is the rpm actually in the folder you are working in?

ls -al *rpm

If your alien command returns "File not found" then you are probably mistyping something, use wildcards to reduce this possibility

sudo alien --to-deb --scripts xmms*

Note: xmms has been undeveloped for quite some time now which is why it has been dropped from the reps. Audacious is a fork of xmms and uses many of the same skins and plugins.

sudo apt-get audacious

[jong2x]

i downloaded xmms to my desktop.
i tried what you said but it's still saying file "xmms" not found

i'll try to download audacious manually
i also tried,
james@james-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get audacious
E: Invalid operation audacious

[brettg]

Sorry, my bad,

sudo apt-get install audacious

That's what you get for posting late at night after imbibing a few sherberts I guess :-)

[Raccoon1400]

ok, so how do i install this deb file?
should i tpye something like sudo apt-get install deb?

thank you

click on the deb file you downloaded, and then gdebi should open and let you install it. Is the package available in synaptic or add-remove programs?

to use apt-get, type
apt-get install, then the name of the program, not package format. Note: must be exact package name.

[jong2x]

thanks :)

i've already installed it and found a guide how to install things