Chuyển qua lại các dạng file cài của Linux(deb, rpm, pkg...).

Để chuyển qua lại giữa các dạng file bạn cd đến thư mục cần chuyển đổi gõ alien [options] file [...]

file [...] Package file or files to convert.
-d, --to-deb Generate a Debian deb package (default).
Enables these options:
--patch= Specify patch file to use instead of automatically
looking for patch in /var/lib/alien.
--nopatch Do not use patches.
--anypatch Use even old version os patches.
-s, --single Like --generate, but do not create .orig
directory.
--fixperms Munge/fix permissions and owners.
--test Test generated packages with lintian.
-r, --to-rpm Generate a Red Hat rpm package.
--to-slp Generate a Stampede slp package.
-l, --to-lsb Generate a LSB package.
-t, --to-tgz Generate a Slackware tgz package.
Enables these options:
--description= Specify package description.
--version= Specify package version.
-p, --to-pkg Generate a Solaris pkg package.
-i, --install Install generated package.
-g, --generate Generate build tree, but do not build package.
-c, --scripts Include scripts in package.
-v, --verbose Display each command alien runs.
--veryverbose Be verbose, and also display output of run commands.
-k, --keep-version Do not change version of generated package.
--bump=number Increment package version by this number.
-h, --help Display this help message.
-V, --version Display alien's version number.


Ví dụ, mình vừa thử convert file pidgin-groupmsg_2.2.0-2_i386.deb sang pidgin-groupmsg_2.2.0-2_i386.rpm, mình gõ

alien -r pidgin-groupmsg_2.2.0-2_i386.deb