How To Install alien on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alien on Debian 9.
What is alien
alien is:
Alien allows you to convert LSB, Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg.
It can also generate packages of any of the other formats.
This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
There are three methods to install alien on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alien Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alien using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alien
Install alien Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alien using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alien
Install alien Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install alien using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alien
How To Uninstall alien on Debian 9
To uninstall only the alien package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alien
Uninstall alien And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alien and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alien
Remove alien Configurations and Data
To remove alien configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alien
Remove alien configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alien configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alien
Dependencies
alien have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alien package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.