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2011-02-11T22:23:13Z

Compatibility Issues

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	===Compatibility Issues===		===Compatibility Issues===
	Many of the same problems and conflicts that happen with RPM and Debian files, obviously happen while switching distributions. Follow the same guidelines as seen on the RPM description.		Many of the same problems and conflicts that happen with RPM and Debian files, obviously happen while switching distributions. Follow the same guidelines as seen on the RPM description.

			====Problem Solving====

			=====Rebuilding=====
			You may also rebuild a package if necessary. Doing so on a RPM Package is pretty simple with the command rpmbuild.

			=====Locating Another Version=====
			Sometimes if you have a problem the easiest thing to do is simply install a previous version of a package.

2011-02-11T22:15:45Z

Converting Packages

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	===Compatibility Issues===		===Compatibility Issues===
			Many of the same problems and conflicts that happen with RPM and Debian files, obviously happen while switching distributions. Follow the same guidelines as seen on the RPM description.

2011-02-11T22:11:41Z

Converting Packages

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	==Converting Packages==		==Converting Packages==
	~~Overview of Converting~~		With many developers and end users not using one distribution, there is an obvious need for some softwares and packages to be converted to other distributions. For examples, someone using the RPM distribution, needs to use a file that's only on Debian.
	===Alien===		===Alien===
	Alien ~~Overview~~		Alien is a specific utility that is converting between packages and systems. Alien is sometimes already installed with a distribution, if not just use basic tools like apt-get or yum to retrieve it.

	===~~Conmpatibilty~~ Issues===		===Compatibility Issues===

2011-02-11T21:47:24Z

Debian Packaging

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	Overall, all three of these tools are useful if you need to find a certain package or software, but you don't know the name or direct place to look for it.		Overall, all three of these tools are useful if you need to find a certain package or software, but you don't know the name or direct place to look for it.

			===Reconfiguring Packages===
			Unlike RPM, Debian offers more setup and configuring by asking questions during the initial setup, like setting up a mail-server and things like that. Also, this allows you to reconfigure programs by entering the command:

			dpkg-reconfigure program

	==Converting Packages==		==Converting Packages==

2011-02-11T21:41:38Z

dselect, aptitude, and Synaptic

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dselect, aptitude, and Synaptic

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	====Aptitude====		====Aptitude====
			Aptitude is like dselect in the interactive mode, but also has menus accessed by pressing Ctrl+T.

			====Synaptic====
			Much like dselect and Aptitude, but uses a Graphic User Interface.

			Overall, all three of these tools are useful if you need to find a certain package or software, but you don't know the name or direct place to look for it.

	==Converting Packages==		==Converting Packages==

2011-02-11T21:32:09Z

dselect, aptitude, and Synaptic

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	[http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/apt-get-cheat-sheet.php APT-GET Commands]		[http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/apt-get-cheat-sheet.php APT-GET Commands]

	==dselect, aptitude, and Synaptic==		===dselect, aptitude, and Synaptic===
	===dselect===		====dselect====
	dselect is a high-level package browser. With it you can see packages that are on your system, uninstall packages, upgrade package, and everything else you could do with a text based package manager.		dselect is a high-level package browser. With it you can see packages that are on your system, uninstall packages, upgrade package, and everything else you could do with a text based package manager.

	===Aptitude===		====Aptitude====

	==Converting Packages==		==Converting Packages==

2011-02-11T21:31:21Z

dselect

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	==dselect, aptitude, and Synaptic==		==dselect, aptitude, and Synaptic==
	===dselect===		===dselect===
	dselect is a high-level package browser.		dselect is a high-level package browser. With it you can see packages that are on your system, uninstall packages, upgrade package, and everything else you could do with a text based package manager.

			===Aptitude===

	==Converting Packages==		==Converting Packages==

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	~~== Overview ==~~
	~~This is where we actually do an overview~~

	==Package Concepts==		==Package Concepts==
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	[http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/apt-get-cheat-sheet.php APT-GET Commands]		[http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/apt-get-cheat-sheet.php APT-GET Commands]

			==dselect, aptitude, and Synaptic==
			===dselect===
			dselect is a high-level package browser.

	==Converting Packages==		==Converting Packages==

2011-02-11T20:31:12Z

Debian Packaging

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	==Debian Packaging==		==Debian Packaging==
	Debian ~~Notes~~		Debian is similar to RPM in the fact that it's a package manager, but it differs completely in execution. Debian was created by the Debian Distribution, and have been adopted by some of the most popular Linux distributions including UBuntu.Unlike RPM you use DPKP to install packages. Here is a list of DPKG commands:

			[http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/dpkg-cheat-sheet.php dpkg Commands]

			Debian Packaging shares many of the compatibility issues that RPM does. For that list, see above.

	===APT Get===		===APT Get===
			APT get is Debian's equivalent, it's a meta system that uses repos to download and install software and packages. For a list of APT-GET commands see the link below.

			[http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/apt-get-cheat-sheet.php APT-GET Commands]

	==Converting Packages==		==Converting Packages==