So today we are going to learn something very interesting today. What is it? as you can see the title! its how to convert DEB to RPM and vice versa.What we need for that? ofcource a PC running with Debian or Ubuntu or any other Debian based OS, Internet connection for one time only, a little bit terminal knowledge and a deb package or rpm package to convert that's all.
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filename.rpm generated
example -
# sudo alien -r curlew_0.1.20.3.deb
Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package curlew: postinst postrm
Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
curlew-0.1.20.3.noarch.rpm generated
filename.deb genetared
example -
# sudo alien curlew-0.1.20.3.noarch.rpm
curlew_0.1.20.3.deb generated
Example :
h30@H3O:~$ sudo alien -h
[sudo] password for h30:
Usage: alien [options] file [...]
file [...] Package file or files to convert.
-d, --to-deb Generate a Debian deb package (default).
Enables these options:
--patch=<patch> Specify patch file to use instead of automatically
looking for patch in /var/lib/alien.
--nopatch Do not use patches.
--anypatch Use even old version os patches.
-s, --single Like --generate, but do not create .orig
directory.
--fixperms Munge/fix permissions and owners.
--test Test generated packages with lintian.
-r, --to-rpm Generate a Red Hat rpm package.
--to-slp Generate a Stampede slp package.
-l, --to-lsb Generate a LSB package.
-t, --to-tgz Generate a Slackware tgz package.
Enables these options:
--description=<desc> Specify package description.
--version=<version> Specify package version.
-p, --to-pkg Generate a Solaris pkg package.
-i, --install Install generated package.
-g, --generate Generate build tree, but do not build package.
-c, --scripts Include scripts in package.
--target=<arch> Set architecture of the generated package.
-v, --verbose Display each command alien runs.
--veryverbose Be verbose, and also display output of run commands.
-k, --keep-version Do not change version of generated package.
--bump=number Increment package version by this number.
-h, --help Display this help message.
-V, --version Display alien's version number.
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So here's the deal if you have multiple Linux distro installed and wanna install a rpm package in Debian or a deb package in Fedora. You can use this method to convert deb to rpm and vice versa. So let's get started.
- Open the terminal in your Debian or Ubuntu or any other Debian based OS and we need to install alien first. so type in the below command.
- Once you done installing alien you are all set to convert your files. Now let's put a deb package in home folder and type below command in terminal
filename.rpm generated
example -
# sudo alien -r curlew_0.1.20.3.deb
Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package curlew: postinst postrm
Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
curlew-0.1.20.3.noarch.rpm generated
- Now let's see how to convert rpm to a deb package. Open terminal and type in following command
filename.deb genetared
example -
# sudo alien curlew-0.1.20.3.noarch.rpm
curlew_0.1.20.3.deb generated
- You can also use alien for converting deb and rpm to slackware packages or slp packages, etc. you will get all the command lines related to alien by typing this command in terminal.
Example :
h30@H3O:~$ sudo alien -h
[sudo] password for h30:
Usage: alien [options] file [...]
file [...] Package file or files to convert.
-d, --to-deb Generate a Debian deb package (default).
Enables these options:
--patch=<patch> Specify patch file to use instead of automatically
looking for patch in /var/lib/alien.
--nopatch Do not use patches.
--anypatch Use even old version os patches.
-s, --single Like --generate, but do not create .orig
directory.
--fixperms Munge/fix permissions and owners.
--test Test generated packages with lintian.
-r, --to-rpm Generate a Red Hat rpm package.
--to-slp Generate a Stampede slp package.
-l, --to-lsb Generate a LSB package.
-t, --to-tgz Generate a Slackware tgz package.
Enables these options:
--description=<desc> Specify package description.
--version=<version> Specify package version.
-p, --to-pkg Generate a Solaris pkg package.
-i, --install Install generated package.
-g, --generate Generate build tree, but do not build package.
-c, --scripts Include scripts in package.
--target=<arch> Set architecture of the generated package.
-v, --verbose Display each command alien runs.
--veryverbose Be verbose, and also display output of run commands.
-k, --keep-version Do not change version of generated package.
--bump=number Increment package version by this number.
-h, --help Display this help message.
-V, --version Display alien's version number.
We hope This was helpful to all of you. We will back with more interesting information and tricks from the Linux world till then stay tuned with us and subscribe to our feeds to keep updated. Ciao.
