以前經常使用的是RedHatLinux，習慣使用rpm方法安裝軟件。最近發(fā)現(xiàn)Ubuntu系統(tǒng)居然不支持rpm方法安裝軟件，提示信息如下：

root@root$ rpm -i package.rpm

The program 'rpm' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:

sudo apt-get install rpm

然而通過apt-get安裝rpm包以后依然不能夠安裝，最后才知道原來Ubuntu不支持rpm，使用rpm安裝提示信息如下：

rpm: RPM should not be used directly install RPM packages, use Alien instead!

rpm: However assuming you know what you are doing...

error: Failed dependencies:

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具體的解決方法如下：

首先安裝alien，

apt-get install alien

使用alien將rpm包轉換成.deb格式的包

alien package.rpm

執(zhí)行完成后生成一個.deb的軟件包,再通過dpkg安裝.deb格式的包

dpkg -i package.deb

還有一種方法,直接使用alien安裝rpm格式的包,自己還沒有試過.

alien -i package.rpm

對于這個問題,官方的說法是這樣的

Do not install rpm in Debian (I don't mean flash-plugin, I mean rpm package management). Debian's package management system (which makes sure everything is installed properly and with no conflicts.) is dpkg and it also includes apt-get, Synaptic and aptitude that use dpkg. RPM will bypass dpkg, so you may cause serious damage to your system.

If you need to install an rpm package, you must do it using the tool "alien". It converts RPM packages to .deb and installs them properly through dpkg.