different distros have different packages, is it possible to have one distro for all packages?

I am fairly new to Linux and have noticed things like Debian has deb packages and fedora has rpm. there are probably allot more different packages ,myself I like Debian style but I am wondering if it is possible to download something from fedora or a different distro and unpackage and install the software to any distro or is there sometype of software that I would need to be able to do this?

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(20 Apr '11, 13:57) rfelsburg ♦

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alien is a script that converts between the Red Hat .rpm, Debian .deb, Stampede .slp, and Slackware .tgz file formats (it also handles the Solaris .pkg format). You can get more information about alien here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/articles/Jeremys_Magazine_Articles/Alien_Packages_and_Linux_Mirrors

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--jeremy thank you for your reply and the link. I will check this out :) oh and by the way I really like this site:)

(13 Apr '10, 17:34) Shadowmeph

Thanks Shadowmeph!

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(13 Apr '10, 18:17) jeremy ♦♦

Thank you for the link, it is very interesting.

(14 Apr '10, 00:51) george

dpkg is NOT Debian's packages extensions, it's the offline isntaller of .deb packages. ;)

(18 Apr '10, 15:59) jdackle

You're correct jdackle - post updated. Thanks.

--jeremy

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