[Techtalk] The Regex Coach

[Figaro]

Well you could just download the .rpm, save it somewhere to your liking;
open a terminal window
su to root then  issue:
 # alien -s /home/mydirectory/regex-coach-xxx-i386.rpm (or what ever is
appropriate for your dir and regex package)
press enter and watch alien build you a .deb.
>From there, as root;
# dpkg -i /home/mydir/regex-x.-xx.-x.i386.deb  press enter and watch for
errors.
 You will need to have the program named: alien installed first. The -s
flag ensures that all the prei-nstall and post-install scripts are read
(built) into the .deb package. Though there is usually not any problem.
I hope this is of some use.
matthew
> Darlene Wallach wrote:
>> > Ian Balchin wrote:
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> I run Regex Coach on MS but am hazy about installing things on Linux. 
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> There is a tar archive which I have downloaded and it contains 
>>> >> instructions on building an RPM which I understand to be Red Hat 
>>> >> terminology.
>>> >>
>>> >> Since I am running Debian will this still be the way forward?
>>> >>
>>> >> Has anyone  tried this on Linux.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for any guides and tips.
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards
>>> >> Anne
>>> >> ----
>>> >> Anne Wainwright
>>> >> _______________________________________________
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Anne,
>> > 
>> > Debian use deb package management. I suggest you look
>> > for instructions to build a Debian package.
>> > 
>> > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#maint-guide
>> > 
>> > Darlene
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