Alien converts between the rpm, deb, Stampede slp, and Slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package from another distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install it.
| Tags | Archiving Packaging |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
Recent releases


Release Notes: Mostly bug fixes.


Release Notes: Version 7.2 provides several fixes to file permissions in generated packages, and some other bugfixes.


Release Notes: A fully rewritten version, using object morphing to convert packages.


Release Notes: Small changes and bugfixes.


No changes have been submitted for this release.