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Hulk
Asked: 2010-06-01 09:13:47 +0800 CST

installing rpm packages on ubuntu

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In ubuntu i have downloaded flash rpm,how to install it.i am new to ubuntu and i have tried the following

    alien -k flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386.rpm
    alien -i flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386.rpm
    rpm -i flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386.rpm //this works in rhel versions

The above doesn't seem to work..

Thanks..

linux ubuntu installation rpm

4 Answers

  1. Installing a .rpm on Ubuntu is a last resort and should not be used when .deb packages are available.

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  2. RPM files are for RedHat Package Manager, and generally not meant for Ubuntu...

    actually the better/preferred way would be to use Repository using #apt-get install

    since you have already downloaded RPM and wanna use the same, there are two ways you could follow

    [] using 'alien' converting *.rpm RedHat package to a *.deb Debian Package like *this you alrady performed *This will convert your RPM to a DEB {in your case should be flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386.deb} and then you can install deb with:

    #sudo dpkg -i flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386.deb

    [] other way is converting RPM to CPIO, extracting contents of CPIO and installing from the source

    #rpm2cpio flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386.rpm | cpio -dimv

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  3. Best Answer

    It's available in the repositories and you should use the Synaptic or aptitude package manager to install it rather than downloading and installing it manually.

    For Jaunty, Karmic and Lucid:

    sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

    For Dapper, Hardy and Intrepid:

    sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
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  4. The Flash plugin is also in the Canonical partner repository, the package is called adobe-flashplugin. Using this you'll automatically get security updates for Flash if they are available

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