In this article we will introduce you to??alien, a tool that converts between different Linux package formats, with.rpm??to??.deb??(and vice versa) being the most common usage.
This tool, even when its author is no longer maintaining it and states in his website that alien will always probably remain in experimental status, can come in handy if you need a certain type of package but can only find that program in another package format.
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