Alien
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Introduction
alien is a command line command that allows you to install an RPM package or just convert the RPM package into a deb file.
Installation
First, using the usual methods, install alien and, for MEPIS 8.5 and later, fakeroot.
Use
Single Step rpm install
To install an rpm package, open a console and type as root:
fakeroot alien -i packagename.rpm
Multi-Step rpm install
To convert an rpm package to a deb package, open a console and type as root:
fakeroot alien -d packagename.rpm
and then install the .deb file by clicking on it.
Tips and tricks
For details, open Konqueror and type:
man:/alien
or a Konsole and enter
man alien
