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  Date: Dec 04    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 361
  

how does the recent update "alien" help install this program? newbie, and cant
find alien anywhere except in package manager.

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Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 04    

Alien is for a RPM package and covert it over to a Deb. It is a rare thing to
require a RPM and then full fill the dependencies if require to the program to
install.
If you are installing a tar. You should look first in synaptic before you
compile from source.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo

 
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