What to do when no RPM is available but a DEB is available?

[MountainX]

I'm looking for Qalculate with full GUI for KDE. There's a package for Ubuntu/Debian, but I can't find anything for openSUSE KDE 11.2. Is there an easy way to use the debian package? Some other solution?

[microchip8]

1) go here: Software.openSUSE.org
2) type in: Qalculate
3) ???
4) Profit!!!

[rhoahmed]

I have used the following, available from the repositories
1- alien
2- deb
I hope it will help

[oldcpu]

I wrote a guide some time not too long ago with some software installation hints: openSUSE software installation hints - openSUSE Forums

[oldcpu]

1) go here: Software.openSUSE.org
2) type in: Qalculate

I notice it can also be found on webpin:
Webpin search for qalculate

[MountainX]

1) go here: Software.openSUSE.org
2) type in: Qalculate
3) ???
4) Profit!!!

Sorry, no dice. There's no KDE Gui version of Qalculate there.

[MountainX]

I notice it can also be found on webpin:
Webpin search for qalculate

Thanks. Interesting. So now the question is how to determine which packages those are. Are they the command line only or the plasmoids or the full gui?

EDIT: they look like the same packages I found previously - either command line or plasmoid, but no full GUI for KDE.

[MountainX]

I wrote a guide some time not too long ago with some software installation hints: openSUSE software installation hints - openSUSE Forums

Thanks. Nice guide. Based on what I'm seeing, it looks like I may have to compile Qalculate myself from the tarball... I didn't really want to do this because I assumed it wouldn't have the polished integration into openSUSE KDE that I've come to expect. Is that true? Maybe I'll just try it and see...

[MountainX]

I have used the following, available from the repositories
1- alien
2- deb
I hope it will help

Thank you. Those are interesting options too. But given that alien is experimental and that I couldn't find deb, I'm inclined to just compile from source.

[MountainX]

I wrote a guide some time not too long ago with some software installation hints: openSUSE software installation hints - openSUSE Forums

I'm stuck:

checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!

Which packages contain rt_externs.h, X11/Intrinsic.h, etc.? Is it xorg-x11-libX11-devel ?

There are a lot of choices...