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RPM Archive extension

Asked by BruceL

I've downloaded a file with an extension of RPM. When I double-click the file it opens Archive Manager but tells me it's an unsupported archive type. The file name is: openproj-1.3.1-1.noarch.rpm Does anyone know how to extract this file so I can install it?

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Best Nicola S. (strambinico) said : 		#1

.rpm files can be converted in .deb files in Ubuntu using a program called "Alien". you can install it from the repositories or typing:

sudo apt-get install alien

in a terminal window.

once you have it, you just open a terminal and type the following commands:

sudo alien -d package-name.rpm
to convert the package.rpm into a package.deb

or directly

sudo alien -i package-name.rpm
to convert the package.rpm into a package.deb, and install the generated package.

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BruceL (belangsteiner) said : 		#2

Thanks. That did the trick.

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Id2ndR (id2ndr) said : 		#3

The other part of the response is that : to open rpm in file-roller and see its content, just install the rpm package.