The difference between both commands is that the first converts it to DEB and installs it, while the second only creates a DEB package from the RPM. In both cases, 'package' must be replaced by the package name, which includes the full path to the package. The conversion is done with the following command:.To install it directly we will write the following command:.Now we have two options: Install it directly or convert it to DEB.If this is not the case, we execute this other command: sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev debhelper build-essential Install or convert? The above command should install all the necessary dependencies. Next, we update the repositories and install Alien:.We add the 'universe' repository if we don't have it.

The first step may be to try to install the package directly (step 2) if it tells us it doesn't exist, then we add the repository.

It's in the 'universe' repository, so it should be on most Ubuntu-based distributions. The first thing we will have to do is install Alien. 2 Is it worth installing RPM packages in Ubuntu?.

1 Convert RPM packages to DEB with Alien.

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