I'm doing a project where i need to change or add some functionality on an Debian based application. I've downloaded the source code but problem is they all have .rpm as extension. Anyone know what do I need to do to modify it and how do I do that?
Modifiying source code of an application
linux;debian
I don't know why a Debian-based application would have its source code in RPM format. How are you downloading the source code? Usually on Debian you can do it with:# apt-get source <package_name>Assuming the package is in the repos, of course. If you mean you downloaded the source code as a source RPM from, say, a project's website, you can always install rpm2cpio on your Debian machine and extract the package:# apt-get install rpm2cpio# mkdir extracted_source_package# mv blah.rpm extracted_source_package# cd extracted_source_package# rpm2cpio blah.rpm | cpio --extract --make-directories --verboseReferenceHow to Use an [sic] Source RPM