How to Install and Uninstall alien Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "alien" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install alien on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "alien" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall alien on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alien package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: alien
Version: 8.95
Installed-Size: 166
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: debhelper (>= 7), perl, rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio, rpm2cpio
Suggests: patch, bzip2, lintian, lzma
Description: convert and install rpm and other packages
Description-md5: 250884c1c7113f08b8c335ac3cf22206
Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/
Tag: devel::packaging, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian, use::converting,
works-with-format::tar, works-with::archive,
works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/alien/alien_8.95_all.deb
Size: 82272
MD5sum: 23f799acf4ac90146837ffa07a4f9bf3
SHA256: ed32a1120c8af11e96a316fefe9b3430b617c2eff0b6ec7106b0b05410fa7fae