How to Install and Uninstall alien.noarch Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "alien.noarch" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install alien.noarch on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install alien.noarch

2. Uninstall "alien.noarch" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall alien.noarch on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:

$ sudo dnf remove alien.noarch $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the alien.noarch package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : alien
Version : 8.95
Release : 14.el8
Architecture : noarch
Size : 91 k
Source : alien-8.95-14.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Converter between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and Slackware tgz file formats
URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/alien-pkg-convert/
License : GPLv2+
Description : Alien is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede
: slp, and Slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package
: from another distribution than the one you have installed on your
: system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package
: format and install it.