RPM to DEB with Alien

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If you are running a Debian based distro (such as Ubuntu) and need to install an RPM - you can convert the RPM to a DEB package using Alien.

Install Alien 

  $ sudo apt-get install alien

Convert RPM 

  $ sudo alien -k my-package.rpm

Install DEB 

  $ sudo dpkg -i my-package.deb
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