How to Install and Uninstall alien Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "alien" package

Learn how to install alien on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall alien on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: alien
Architecture: all
Version: 8.95
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 166
Depends: debhelper (>= 7), perl, rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio, rpm2cpio
Suggests: patch, bzip2, lintian, lzma
Filename: pool/universe/a/alien/alien_8.95_all.deb
Size: 54520
MD5sum: 43a8684dc01ae9ed4d0fbec368b06fc0
SHA1: 453546ed754393084b585d34440d40555a4ff1a9
SHA256: d142911daa055b04f93644a83e9bd137ce6742bc6e132281c066b19944efa386
Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/
Description: convert and install rpm and other packages
Description-md5: 250884c1c7113f08b8c335ac3cf22206