How to Install and Uninstall alien Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "alien" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install alien on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall alien on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                alien
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alien package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: alien
Version: 8.95.4
Installed-Size: 163
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: debhelper (>= 10), perl:any, 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_8.95.4_all.deb
Size: 77828
MD5sum: 287bcb7affa4abe8634cead5ab17a35a
SHA256: 98208ad7d61a8caed5888cb7acfc9c7ccad70ab93b9aa2bd4fe07228c1829f9b