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I am trying to use alien --scripts to make a .noarch.rpm file into a .deb file, however, it is not working. I am trying to install Oracle SQL Developer:

I have downloaded the sqldeveloper-4.0.3.16.84-1.noarch.rpm package from here.

alien --scripts sqldeveloper-4.0.3.16.84-1.noarch.rpm

at this point I would expect the file the file sqldeveloper_4.0.3.16.84-2_all.deb to be created so I could call the following command to install it:

dpkg -i sqldeveloper_4.0.3.16.84-2_all.deb

However this is not the case. When I call alien --scripts sqldeveloper-4.0.3.16.84-1.noarch.rpm I get a folder with the name sqldeveloper-4.0.3.16.84. After looking in the folder, I have found that there is a large proportion of the program missing, the folder which contains all of the executable scripts to set up and run SQL Developer.

I am using a `Debian Linux sever, release 6.0.10.

Is there a way for me to make it create the .deb file when I call the alien --scripts command?

James
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  • Does the conversion output any messages? – Faheem Mitha Apr 04 '15 at 15:30
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    @FaheemMitha When I call the `alien --scripts` command it doesn't output anything, it just creates the folder with some of the files it, however, the command doesn't finish executing (as in it doesn't go back to `root@...:/home/...` until you press `^C`. I'm not sure why that is, I have tried leaving it to run for 30 minutes+ before now, and get the same result. – James Apr 04 '15 at 15:32
  • You should let it finish, converting sqldeveloper takes a very long time... – Stephen Kitt Apr 04 '15 at 16:09
  • Try first without the `--scripts` option. – Faheem Mitha Apr 04 '15 at 16:40
  • @FaheemMitha That run but returns the following: `Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package sqldeveloper: postinst Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.` – James Apr 04 '15 at 16:44
  • @James How do the results of these two different options differ? Do neither of them include the scripts? – Faheem Mitha Apr 04 '15 at 16:48
  • @FaheemMitha As far as I can tell they are missing an entire directory, which, yes, contains almost all of the scripts for the package, as well as configuration files for the program. – James Apr 04 '15 at 16:49
  • Do they produce exactly the same results? If not, what are the differences? – Faheem Mitha Apr 04 '15 at 16:52
  • @FaheemMitha The results are identical. – James Apr 04 '15 at 16:55
  • @James Ok, you said you interrupted the `--scripts` version. I suggest letting it run for a while. You can check whether it is performing any I/O activity by doing `iotop`. And `top` will show if it is running. – Faheem Mitha Apr 04 '15 at 17:04

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Try the following:

alien -r --scripts sqldeveloper-4.0.3.16.84-1.noarch.rpm
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This works for me to install SQLDeveloper on a fresh Ubuntu 23.04 install.

Since the asker says "I am trying to install Oracle SQL Developer", the --install flag is useful. From the help:

-i, --install: Automatically install each generated package, and remove the package file after it has been installed.

sudo apt install alien openjdk-11-jdk

Download .rpm in current folder (here, using sqldeveloper-23.1.0.097.1607.noarch.rpm); then:

sudo alien -i sqldeveloper-*.rpm   # Wait several minutes
sqldeveloper

alien gives me the following warnings, but still works:

warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package sqldeveloper: postinst
Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
warning: RPM v3 packages are deprecated: sqldeveloper-23.1.0-097.1607.noarch
        dpkg --no-force-overwrite -i sqldeveloper_23.1.0-98.1607_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package sqldeveloper.
(Reading database ... 220460 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack sqldeveloper_23.1.0-98.1607_all.deb ...
Unpacking sqldeveloper (23.1.0-98.1607) ...
Setting up sqldeveloper (23.1.0-98.1607) ...
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