RPM from DEB: If you use the distributions as the title states, at some point you will (or will) encounter the problem: The package you want to install does not exist as an RPM file. What you can do is download the source code of the package and compile it yourself to create an RPM file.
But there is another way.
Debian-based distributions have far more users than those using RPM files. So the number of packages available in their repositories is much higher.
Thus it is common for the phenomenon to exist as archive DEB the package you want but not as an RPM.
Below we will show you how to install the package you are interested in from a DEB file to distributions RedHat, FedoraAnd Centos Linux with the help of a small utility proletterthe one called alien.
Installing the alien
Alien is an application that allows to convert various packages. Currently it supports conversion to and from RPM, DEB, Stampede SLP, LSB, Slackware TGZ and Solaris PKG files.
Download the alien from the terminal with the following command:
wget -c https://sourceforge.net/projects/alien-pkg-convert/files/release/alien_8.95.tar.xz
After downloading, unzip the file:
tar xf alien_8.95.tar.xz
Alien uses Perl, so you will need to compile the source. Install Perl with the following command:
dnf install perl
(If you haven't already installed it). You can then proceed with compiling the source code of the alien. The command below should be run inside the source code dir. It will compile and continue with the application installation:
perl Makefile.PL; make; make install
Convert DEB packages to RPM
Once the alien is installed, packet conversion is a game. To convert a Debian package to RPM format
alien --to-rpm file-name.deb
where the file name.deb is the downloaded DEB package. This will create the RPM you need to proceed with the installation.
rpm -ivh file name.rpm
The auxiliary program alien works great for small packages that don't have many dependencies, but can have problems converting larger packages.
