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In my case the software I am trying to convert is the Lacie lightscribe labeler.

1.- I renamed the RPM

mv LaCie\ LightScribe\ Labeler\ 1.0\ Linux.rpm lacie-lightscribe-labeler-1.0.rpm

2.- Convert the package with alien

sudo alien lacie-lightscribe-labeler-1.0.rpm

Error:

lacie-lightscribe-labeler-1.0.rpm is for architecture i386 ; the package cannot be built on this system

I know that:

  • I could do this in a x86 system and then copy it from there.
  • Use the simple labeler

I'm curious about how to do this conversion in general.

givanse
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3 Answers3

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The process is quite easy, in short you need to modify the control file and that's it.

sudo alien -g package-name.rpm
cd package-dir/
sudo vi debian/control

Now change the architecture (i386 in my case) to be the one you need. For example, I added the amd64 architecture and this is how the line ended up:

Architecture: i386, amd64

Last step:

sudo debian/rules binary

This will produce the .deb file.

References:

Pierre-Alexis Ciavaldini
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givanse
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I made it work with just this command:

fakeroot alien --target=amd64 package.i586.rpm
Eric Carvalho
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Doeners
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This should be an easy work-around as well, as found on https://www.maketecheasier.com/convert-32bit-rpm-to-deb-64bit/ - use TGZ as an intermediate stage:

sudo alien --scripts --to-tgz <package.rpm>

sudo alien --scripts --to-deb <package.tgz>

The --to-deb is a default, used here only to be explicit about the conversions.

Then, install with dpkg as usual (when using a raw .deb from Alien).

Randall
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