Convert RPM-Debian

Ubuntu is an excellent Operating System and we can find almost any package through Software Centers or PPA but sometime the software is not available in deb/ppa but only in rpm format than we can convert the rpm file into deb format very easily using one command.

Let’s check that unison package is install or not:

unison -version

Suppose, we have unison package in rpm format only 🙁

We need to install the Utility called Alien for RPM to DEB Conversion:

sudo apt-get install alien dpkg-dev debhelper build-essential

Using the following command,convert the package from rpm to deb format:

sudo alien unison-2.40.63-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

Note: unison-2.40.63-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm is the name of the package that we need to convert in this example! Check the converted deb package

To install the converted deb package, use the following command:

sudo dpkg -i unison_2.40.63-2_amd64.deb

Again check that unison package is installed now!

unison -version

Success 🙂

Src: https://rbgeek.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/how-to-install-the-rpm-package-on-ubuntu/