Comments on: Alien – Convert RPM to DEB or DEB to RPM http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/ Be free.... be yourself with Linux. Wed, 15 May 2013 22:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kwiaty online http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3741 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:20:51 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3741 I’ve not located what I needed

]]> By: Juan Valentín-Pastrana http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3483 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:42:47 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3483 Thanks. I will try it

]]> By: Anthony http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3480 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:19:18 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3480 Juan Valentin – you can get Alien for Centos at
http://minimallinux.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/centos-6rhel-use-alien.html

]]> By: Juan Valentín-Pastrana http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3451 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:54:00 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3451 I want to install a deb package in a CentOS system, because it is only available as deb. I read from a program called Alien which can convert formats between rpm, deb, pkg…

To my dismal I Alien itself is only available in … deb

Can you help me to overcome it ?

]]> By: kjkj http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3241 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:19:39 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3241 alient is awesssssssom.. i needed dcraw > 9.0 for ubuntu due to canon 550d .. deb want there and alien converted fedora 16 rpm to deb which works flawless.. where is the donate button :P

]]> By: Fatimah Caslin http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3104 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:07:43 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-3104 Pretty great post. I just stumbled upon your weblog and wished to say that I have truly enjoyed browsing your weblog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing in your feed and I’m hoping you write again soon!

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]]> By: vananh http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-2523 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:27:49 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-2523 please help me!!! what error is that? what should i do?
phamvananh@ubuntu:~$ sudo alien -d xo.rpm
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
warning: xo.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
Unpacking of ‘xo.rpm’ failed at /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm line 155.

]]> By: John http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-2321 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:01:27 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-2321 I get the following message . . .

john@beast:~/.opera/temporary_downloads$ sudo alien -v –scripts fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{NAME} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{VERSION} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{RELEASE} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{ARCH} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{CHANGELOGTEXT} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{SUMMARY} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{DESCRIPTION} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{COPYRIGHT} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
error: incorrect format: unknown tag
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{PREFIXES} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{POSTIN} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{POSTUN} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{PREUN} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qp –queryformat %{PREIN} fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qcp fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -qpi fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
LANG=C rpm -qpl fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
mkdir fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8
mkdir: cannot create directory `fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8′: File exists
unable to mkdir fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8: at /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package.pm line 257.

. . . which seems logical as the directory does indeed exist.

What have I done wrong? Or is this one of those rpm packages that can’t be converted to a debian package with alien?

]]> By: omelette http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1907 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:15:08 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1907 Just tried converting ‘checkinstall’ from .deb -> .rpm with Alien – worked first time! Unfortunately, my joy was short-lived, ‘checkinstall’ still doesn’t function properly on Fedora – a directories issue…

I really don’t understand the thinking behind Fedora’s maintainers, essential stuff like ‘checkinstall’ should be a maintenance-priority, yet this app isn’t even in the repository and hasn’t been supported since fc6 (the last native-build I could find). I sometimes wonder if they aren’t deliberately trying to discourage people from using it – it’s as if they don’t want people building packages for themselves! (conspiracy-theory #234) Probably being payed-off my M$… ;)

]]> By: tethering - Android Forums http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1841 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:57:04 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1841 [...] Linux as of yet. You can more than likely get EasyTether to work on Fedora. Download Alien: Alien ? Convert RPM to DEB or DEB to RPM Taufan Lubis – Ubuntu Linux Alien will allow you to convert .deb to .rpm which is used in Fedora. So download the ubuntu [...]

]]> By: Barry http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1836 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:43:46 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1836 @Ken : try installing alien on a live-cd and run it from there to convert your package to an RPM. ;o)

]]> By: Installing PalmOS SDK on a Red Hat System « Shreyas Siravara's Blog http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1820 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:32:17 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1820 [...] Convert the SDK’s .deb packages to rpm packages using Alien: Converting from DEB to RPM [...]

]]> By: notebook tamir http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1802 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:54:39 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1802 Thank you for inquiring. Been working very nice.
An excellent blog about perfect. Thank you again..

]]> By: Ken http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1532 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:08:07 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1532 Hey maybe I would like to convert debian to rpm? Anyone ever think of that? I am running fedora, and want to use win4lin, because like it or not, there are still some things that you need a windows emulator for. I also do not like wine, as it never, and I mean never works for me. I also like fedora, so I am not about to switch to ubuntu just because the maker of win4lin has a personal bias for ubuntu. The problem is alien is itself a debian package, so it may indeed be able to convert debian to rpm, but a FAT LOT OF GOOD IT DOES ME!! How can I install alien if it isn’t in rpm to begin with? Jesus H. tap dancing Christ!

]]> By: Sfactor http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1421 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:45:12 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1421 This examples will definitely work, for the “use script” error.
The other commands without script options will do the trick!
You’ll get to love command line with time. Simply install a demo server without GUI.
Cheers everyone.

RPM TO DEB:

$ sudo alien –scripts avg71flm-r30-a0791.i386.rpm

sudo alien -i –scripts avg71flm-r30-a0791.i386.rpm

sudo alien avg-10.0.1.rpm

sudo alien -i /path/to/file.rpm

sudo alien -d jre-6u2-linux-i586.rpm

DEB TO PRM:

sudo alien -r pytube_0.0.8.1-1_all.deb

]]> By: humtaro http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1361 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:13:39 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1361 here is a GUI for alien

http://code.google.com/p/foxoman/wiki/PackageConverter

]]> By: foo http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1333 Thu, 28 May 2009 08:08:54 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1333 If you are typing in random giberish it WILL never do what you want but at some point it will most likely break your system. Learn to use the command line or don`t use it at all. Typing/pasting in stuff you don`t fully understand is a great way to break your system.

]]> By: Kyle http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1313 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:45:29 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1313 i use the method but error occur says :

Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package VMtools: postinst postrm preinst
Warning: Use the –scripts parameter to include the scripts.

what should i do?

]]> By: How to Get Six Pack Fast http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1292 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:52:44 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1292 My friend on Orkut shared this link and I’m not dissapointed that I came to your blog.

]]> By: hugh http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1216 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:05:45 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1216 Thanks for posting this, does a lot of the heavy lifting for me.

To all those who ‘can’t be bothered’ with the command line, swear or mis-type things and expect them to work, go back to Windows or settle down and RFTM.

]]> By: stoneybridge http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1199 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:04:41 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1199 yeah cool, just get a file not found error, console commands=typing in random giberish that never works

thats why god invented gui’s
just how “powerful” does alien need to be to do a bit of conveting?

]]> By: mehdi http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1171 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:06:51 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1171 i use the method but error occur says :

Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package RealPlayer: postinst postrm preinst
Warning: Use the –scripts parameter to include the scripts.
Unpacking of ‘RealPlayer-10.0.8_10.0.9-0.2_2.2.i586.delta.rpm’ failed at /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm line 155.

what should i do?

]]> By: wan acceleration http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1094 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:22:11 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-1094 Bangor car dealers and realtors: It’ s a race to see who can rip you off the most.

]]> By: JD http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-900 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:07:28 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-900 The most powerful part of Linux is the command line– it gives much more versatility and is quite powerful. If you can’t get alien to work for you, try looking at the man pages or compile the program from the source. Linux is not Windows– there are not as many graphical user interfaces… besides, maybe someone already put it into .deb form on a forum somewhere…

]]> By: Scott http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-570 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:40:23 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-570 piece of shit. I followed the instuctions exatly and all it gives me is errors. why doesn’t someone build a graphical application to do this?

]]> By: Como converter pacotes para RPM, DEB ou TGZ com o Alien http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-429 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:05:14 +0000 http://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/alien-%e2%80%93-convert-rpm-to-deb-or-deb-to-rpm/#comment-429 [...] este software: sua existência e as opções essenciais. Se quiser saber um pouco mais, leia Alien – Convert RPM to DEB or DEB to RPM, ou o site do [...]

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