Howto's, experiences and more

If you run either Debian or Ubuntu (which is Debian based) you might have ran into the problem that for some software, there is no .deb package available, only .rpm.

Seeing as they are both similar packages, you might wonder if there is a way to make a .deb from a .rpm. And in fact, this is a very real option by using alien.

This however requires you to use the commandline, so for you people used to your windows, this might be an odd operation, but stick with me for a moment as you are going to love the power of the shell in a while anyway. So first thing you need to to is fire up your shell and try if you have alien installed :

$ alien -V Read more