Convert and Install a Non-Ubuntu Package
August 2nd, 2006 by 
jay
Tips N Tricks, Ubuntu
This is one I find myself doing when trying out new apps.
First install Alien which is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and slackware tgz file formats.
Alien
CODE:
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$ sudo apt-get install alien
Convert
Now pass alien the "alien" package:
CODE:
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$ alien -c new-cool-app.1.0.1.rpm
Install
Now you will have a new-cool-app.1.0.1.deb file that you can install with dpkg.
CODE:
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$ sudo dpkg -i new-cool-app.1.0.1.deb
Remove
Now that you went through all that trouble let's remove the package.
-r = remove package
-P = purge package
CODE:
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$ sudo dkpg -r new-cool-app.1.0.1
Note the ".deb" is missing.
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