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Integrate Alien with Archive Manager

Asked by technologiclee

Archive manager should be able to run alien automatically. This would avoid the command line and make installing .rpm files easier. Much like an .exe will 'trigger' Wine.

This would save the user from navigating the terminal with cd.., ls, then unzipping - then runing sudo alien name.rpm - then possibly changing permissions, make, make install.

This has been a problem for me being new, and slowed down (and prevented) my work. It should just be a click or two.

Example: - BitRockInstallBuilder.rpm

http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/535940/InstallBuilder.html

I have it as a .deb now - But how to install?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7027960#post7027960

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#1

Double click on a deb to install it. Why were you using rpm packages? Very few programs dont have a deb install because ubuntu is one of the most popular distros at the moment.

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Mohamed Zaian (mzaian) said : 		#2

if you have a rpm file and wants to convert it to debian file use alien
apt-get install alien
then read this from the alien manual:-

       Here are some examples of the use of alien:

       alien --to-deb package.rpm
           Convert the package.rpm into a package.deb

       alien --to-rpm package.deb
           Convert the package.deb into a package.rpm

       alien -i package.rpm
           Convert the package.rpm into a package.deb (converting to a .deb package is default, so you need not specify --to-deb), and
           install the generated package.

       alien --to-deb --to-rpm --to-tgz --to-slp foo.deb bar.rpm baz.tgz
           Creates 9 new packages. When it is done, foo bar and baz are available in all 4 package formats.

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