Used by Debian-based systems. Managed by dpkg and apt .
Alex eventually got his system back to normal. He deleted the .deb and the .rpm he had created. He realized that while it was possible to install .deb files on Fedora using alien , it wasn't the "Fedora way." install deb package on fedora 17 user new
Before trying to convert a .deb file, check if the software developer provides a version specifically for Fedora, Red Hat, or CentOS. .rpm files. Used by Debian-based systems
Now you have a directory structure like ./usr/bin/ , ./etc/ , ./usr/lib/ , etc. install deb package on fedora 17 user new