Install .rpm Files in Debian and Ubuntu (Debian Admin)

Install .rpm Files in Debian and Ubuntu (Debian Admin)

Please don't.

Even different RPMical distributions have different guidelines as to package naming and contents. Sure, in Debian-land this isn't an issue as everybody uses the same base packages and guidelines, but it will bite you if you try to install alien stuff.

When I need a package that isn't in Fedora (or CentOS for that matter) I look for a package for a similar distribution (even different versions of the same distribution can be different enough to get things to break!), grab the source package (SRPM) and build from there myself.