Package alien: Information

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Source package: alien
Version: 8.95-alt8
Build time:  Apr 6, 2020, 07:20 PM in the task #248938
Category: Archiving/Other
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License: GPL
Summary: Install Debian and Slackware Packages with RPM
Description: 
Alien allows you to convert Debian, Slackware and Stampede Packages
into RPM packages. It can also convert RPM packages into Slackware,
Debian and Stampede packages.

This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.

It is recommended install dpkg package to full dpkg support.

List of rpms provided by this srpm:
alien (noarch)

Maintainer: Vitaly Lipatov


    1. perl-devel
    2. perl-podlators

Last changed


June 24, 2019 Andrey Cherepanov 8.95-alt8
- Replace % for %% in RPM scripts.
June 13, 2019 Andrey Cherepanov 8.95-alt7
- Store RPM scripts in plaintext format.
July 10, 2018 Vitaly Lipatov 8.95-alt6
- add control.tar.xz support (ALT bug 35145)