How to Install and Uninstall alien.noarch Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 29,2024

1. Install "alien.noarch" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install alien.noarch on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "alien.noarch" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall alien.noarch on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alien.noarch package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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.