Quote Originally Posted by oscar
Quote Originally Posted by daandaan
How to install a RPM package file??
alien xxxxxxx.rpm

http://www.kitenet.net/programs/alien/
While it is possible in theory to install a package that was built for a different distro, it is not recommended. Often, those packages call for system files to be placed in directories that either don't exist on your distro, or are in a different place. Different distros also come with custom, distro-specific kernels quite frequently. It's best to install whatever you want to install via apt-get when you're running Debian.