Install Deb Package On Fedora 17 User New ((exclusive)) Review

with your actual file name. This will generate a new file ending in Install the converted RPM sudo yum localinstall package_name.rpm Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Method 2: Manual Extraction (Alternative)

# Extract the .deb file ar x your-package.deb tar -xzf data.tar.gz

Once the conversion is complete, you can install the new .rpm file using yum . sudo yum localinstall package.x86_64.rpm Use code with caution. install deb package on fedora 17 user new

The biggest challenge when converting a .deb is that the required libraries or packages have different names on Fedora. For example, a Debian package might depend on libssl1.1 , while Fedora uses openssl . When you run alien and then yum localinstall , yum will search for the exact dependency names from the .deb metadata – and fail.

The -r flag tells Alien to convert the file into an format. with your actual file name

tar -xf data.tar.gz

sudo dnf install alien

Installing DEB Packages on Fedora: A Guide for New Users Linux distributions use different packaging systems to install software. Ubuntu and Debian use ( .deb ). Fedora uses RPM packages ( .rpm ).

sudo rpm -i your-converted-package.rpm --nodeps --force sudo yum localinstall package