How to install RPM on Debian derivatives linux (eg: Ubuntu)

June 16, 2008

As you already knew, the default installation file for Debian based distro is .deb. But some times, you can’t find the deb file type for the installer. On this condition, you could use the RPM version.

Here’s steps on how to install rpm software on debian based linux distro:

  1. First, you have to Install alien.
  2. Now convert deb to rpm by executing this command as root by using su: sudo alien -k binary-package.rpm”
  3. Now install debian package as usual as root: “sudo dpkg -i binary-deb-package-created-.deb

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