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I cannot install alien

Asked by Sir Newb of Ubuntu

I tried installing Alien with the command:
sudo alien package_file.rpm

I got:
sudo: alien: command not found

Then I tried this:
sudo apt-get install alien

I got:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package alien is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package alien has no installation candidate

So where can I get this package to make it work...just curious...

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Matt Thompson (mattthompson) said : 		#1

Hi,

You can get the alien .deb file here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/admin/alien

or here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/admin/alien

depending what version you use. To download it click the 'all' link under 'Download alien'.

Hope it works for you,

 Matt

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Best Matt Thompson (mattthompson) said : 		#2

Hi again,

I hope it worked for you. If it did it would be good if you could mark this as solved.

Cheers,
 Matt

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Sir Newb of Ubuntu (ian-web-enterprises) said : 		#3

User confirmed that the request is solved.

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ghouse (ghouse407) said : 		#4

i downloaded some .deb packages belonga to players.
but while installing them iam getting some dependency error.
so what i have to do for istalling players.?

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pratikvimal (pratik-chhotu) said : 		#5

I downloaded the alien.deb file. But when I am installing it, it's showing the following error: "Dependency not satisfiable". Please let me know a solution to this problem.