[xen-tools] Using Xen-Tools to install a Debian domU on a Centos5 dom0

[Dave Crossland]

Hi,

I have tried to install a Debian domU on a Centos5 dom0 by using alien
to convert xen-tools and its dependency .deb packages for Etch and
installing them with rpm. Is this a good approach?

If so, I've done the following commands (run as root) and got stuck.
Any clues appreciated! :-)

yum install rpm-build
wget --quiet http:/centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/RPMS/perl-Text-Template-1.44-2.el4.kb.noarch.rpm
http:/http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xen-tools/xen-tools_2.8-2_all.deb
http:/ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/alien/alien_8.68.tar.gz
http:/http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_0.3.3.2_all.deb
http:/security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-modules-2.6.18-4-xen-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2_i386.deb
http:/security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2_i386.deb
tar zxfv alien*
cd alien
perl Makefile.PL ; make ; make install
cd .. ; rm -rf alien*
alien -rv *.deb
rm -rf *.deb
rpm -i *.rpm
rm -rf *.rpm
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-4-xen-686.img 2.6.18-4-xen-686
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.13.25_i386.deb
alien -rv dpkg_1.13.25_i386.deb
rm -rf *.deb
rpm -i dpkg-1.13.25-2.i386.rpm

error: Failed dependencies:
       perl(dpkg-gettext.pl) is needed by dpkg-1.13.25-2.i386

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Regards,
Dave