How to Install and Uninstall alien Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the alien on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "alien" package

This guide let you learn how to install alien on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall alien on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: alien
Architecture: all
Version: 8.95.5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 163
Depends: debhelper (>= 10), perl:any, rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio, rpm2cpio
Suggests: patch, bzip2, lintian, lzma
Filename: pool/universe/a/alien/alien_8.95.5_all.deb
Size: 50856
MD5sum: 563d3f51fa96f9ba1406b4cbd51fcf13
SHA1: bc6424d657a1bd6f8de60fac5297d5330d096dd2
SHA256: 329d1304b53cc18b1988c4216303ecdb64125da52ea821b03ff4bda579e1c6ce
SHA512: aa3221b9cc65443a936e309f169f99070e1714bfdb57390a76d653029dd147ffbe079530347f9ab72097e9d53934951939c91bf5c439e2a5de41855474cc6f88
Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/
Description: convert and install rpm and other packages
Description-md5: 250884c1c7113f08b8c335ac3cf22206