Re: Installing .deb/.rpm/.tgz ???

On 30 Sep 2002 12:46:21 +0200
Roha <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi!
> I need to install som software that isn't in gentoo.
> Whitch is the best way to do this??
> 
> Can I install and cleanly uninstall .deb or .rpm pakages??
> If so, then how???

Gentoo has the rpm package available, you can emerge it if necessary,
then follow the usual procedure. You need to be careful though because
the directory layout of the files in the package might not fit in with
Gentoo's infrastructure. I think Debian packages are a no go. Really,
the best solution is to create an ebuild for the package yourself and
submit it
to bugs.gentoo.org so that the maintainers will (hopefully) add it to
the official tree. If you mention what the package is, maybe someone
else will agree that it is important and will be compelled to do so!

--kerframil