alien You must specify a file to convert. Usage: alien [options] file [...] file [...] Package file or files to convert. -d, --to-deb Generate a Debian deb package (default). Enables these options: --patch= Specify patch file to use instead of automatically looking for patch in /var/lib/alien. --nopatch Do not use patches. --anypatch Use even old version os patches. -s, --single Like --generate, but do not create .orig directory. --fixperms Munge/fix permissions and owners. --test Test generated packages with lintian. -r, --to-rpm Generate a Red Hat rpm package. --to-slp Generate a Stampede slp package. -l, --to-lsb Generate a LSB package. -t, --to-tgz Generate a Slackware tgz package. Enables these options: --description= Specify package description. --version= Specify package version. -p, --to-pkg Generate a Solaris pkg package. -i, --install Install generated package. -g, --generate Generate build tree, but do not build package. -c, --scripts Include scripts in package. -v, --verbose Display each command alien runs. --veryverbose Be verbose, and also display output of run commands. -k, --keep-version Do not change version of generated package. --bump=number Increment package version by this number. -h, --help Display this help message. -V, --version Display alien's version number.