Thread: Install program from another distribution

my question : possible install programs distribution (2.8 altemate example) distro (ubuntu 10.04)
indication of way, if possible

grab package (and it's dependencies if suspect of them may not satisfied).

tar (tar.gz, tar.bzip2), see man page tar , then:

code:

tar [options] /path/to/tarfile cd /path/to/extracted/directory/ ./configure make sudo make install

if didn't depencies, grab ones make asking for, , install them using directions above, try install program needed dependencies again.

if find not tar, still package want (say, .rpm or .slp), time alien, change .deb package need.

code:

sudo apt-get --install alien alien --to-deb /path/to/package

then double click on icon newly generated package, , synaptic open , install you.

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