mementomike
03-20-2004, 04:31 PM
Hi I have just finished getting my networking linux problem fixed and now I have started to download some files :)
but I am haviung great difficultys working out how to actually install things on linux etc..
does anyone know a site for absolute newbs that has indepth info and tutorials on how to achieve this...?
specifically I tried to install a file and I got this error...
<home/knoppix/winex3.3-build3.i586.rpm';echo RESULT=$?
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
RESULT=1
So I looked up this alien software on the net and found it and it said I had to donwload perl etc and some other software directly in debian ...
am i working towards the right lines of getting this winex installed? or is their another avenue I should be exploring... thanks
mike
but I am haviung great difficultys working out how to actually install things on linux etc..
does anyone know a site for absolute newbs that has indepth info and tutorials on how to achieve this...?
specifically I tried to install a file and I got this error...
<home/knoppix/winex3.3-build3.i586.rpm';echo RESULT=$?
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
RESULT=1
So I looked up this alien software on the net and found it and it said I had to donwload perl etc and some other software directly in debian ...
am i working towards the right lines of getting this winex installed? or is their another avenue I should be exploring... thanks
mike