How to Install and Uninstall alien Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "alien" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install alien on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall alien on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: alien
Version: 8.95.6
Installed-Size: 163
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: debhelper (>= 10), perl:any, rpm, dpkg-dev, make, cpio, rpm2cpio
Suggests: patch, bzip2, lintian, lzma
Size: 78028
SHA256: 03d23023e3efc4c5bcd29fc92151b6b18788e497877bfd97f11193fca9c63b61
SHA1: b9b6252b030e3a927f14ac7d02553c9e124a5f11
MD5sum: 1b8c5dc2da54213d1349d33b02d52abf
Description: convert and install rpm and other packages
Alien allows you to convert LSB, Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages
into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg.
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It can also generate packages of any of the other formats.
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This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
Description-md5:
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_8.95.6_all.deb