关于knoppix5.0下安装miniChinput的错误

kawachen

我使用的是knoppix 5.0 DVD光盘版，在安装miniChinput时出现如下错误提示，求助。。。

knoppix@1[tmp]$ rpm -ivh miniChinput-0.1.9-1.i386.rpm
rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian.
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm