How To Install alien on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alien on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alien

Remove alien Configurations and Data

To remove alien configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• debhelper
• perl

References

• alien website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alien package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.