Convert deb to pkg

Conversion of deb file format to pkg file format ^beta

Search for deb to pkg converter or software able to handle these file types.

Convert Debian Linux package to Sun SVR4 package data stream.

We have found one software suitable in our database for this conversion.

Should you ever need to convert Debian package (.deb) to other Linux packages (.pkg) you have to use the alien program. Just be advised that deb to pkg conversion should not used for system critical packages as it might corrupt them and they wont work.

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How to convert DEB to RPM and RPM to DEB or other packages - Converting Linux packages using alien program

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alien

A linux packages conversion program

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Convert from deb file	Yes, alien supports deb file conversion as a source file type.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
to pkg file	Yes, alien supports pkg file conversion as a target file type.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

The table with program actions contains information about what each program is capable of doing with their files. This may be a good pointer for further searches for certain file conversions and help you find the converter you are looking for if our search result is insufficient for you. However, it is far from perfect and may sometimes show results which are not really usable because of the nature of the software handles the files. So a conversion that appears as possible, just because of matched actions, may in fact not be possible.

Additional links: Open deb file, Open pkg file

DEB

Files with deb extension can be mainly found as Debian distribution packages - compressed archives for Debian Linux operating system. Some archiving utilities, such as 7-zip, are also able to extract the content of DEB packages.

PKG

Files with pkg extension can be also found as special SVR4 data stream packages from Sun OS.

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