#!/usr/bin/perl -w =head1 NAME alien - Convert or install an alien binary package =head1 SYNOPSIS alien [--to-deb] [--to-rpm] [--to-tgz] [--to-slp] [options] file [...] =head1 DESCRIPTION B is a program that converts between Redhat rpm, Debian deb, Stampede slp, Slackware tgz, and Solaris pkg file formats. If you want to use a package from another linux distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install it. It also supports LSB packages. =head1 WARNING Despite the high version number, alien is still (and will probably always be) rather experimental software. It's been under development for many years now, but there are still many bugs and limitations. Alien should not be used to replace important system packages, like init, libc, or other things that are essential for the functioning of your system. Many of these packages are set up differently by the different distributions, and packages from the different distributions cannot be used interchangeably. In general, if you can't remove a package without breaking your system, don't try to replace it with an alien version. =head1 PACKAGE FORMAT NOTES =over 4 =item rpm For converting to and from rpm format the Red Hat Package Manager must be installed. =item lsb To convert from lsb packages, the Red Hat Package Manager must be installed. Unlike the other package formats, alien can handle the depenendencies of lsb packages if the destination package format supports dependencies. Note that this means that the package generated from a lsb package will depend on a package named "lsb" -- your distribution should provide a package by that name, if it is lsb compliant. The scripts in the lsb package will be converted by default as well. To generate lsb packages, the Red Hat Package Manager must be installed, and alien will use by preference a program named lsb-rpm, if it exists. No guarantees are made that the generated lsb packages will be fully LSB compliant, and it's rather unlikely they will unless you build them in the lsbdev environment. =item deb For converting to (but not from) deb format, the gcc, make, debmake, dpkg-dev, and dpkg packages must be installed. =item tgz Note that when converting from the tgz format, B will simply generate an output package that has the same files in it as are in the tgz file. This only works well if the tgz file has precompiled binaries in it in a standard linux directory tree. Do NOT run alien on tar files with source code in them, unless you want this source code to be installed in your root directory when you install the package! =item pkg To manipulate packages in the Solaris pkg format (which is really the SV datastream package format), you will need the Solaris pkginfo and pkgtrans tools. =back =head1 OPTIONS Alien will convert all the files you pass into it into all the output types you specify. If no output type is specified, it defaults to converting to deb format. =over 4 =item file [...] The list of package files to convert. =item B<-d>, B<--to-deb> Make debian packages. This is the default. =item B<-r>, B<--to-rpm> Make rpm packages. =item B<-t>, B<--to-tgz> Make tgz packages. =item B<--to-slp> Make slp packages. =item B<-p>, B<--to-pkg> Make Solaris pkg packages. =item B<-i>, B<--install> Automatically install each generated package, and remove the package file after it has been installed. =item B<-g>, B<--generate> Generate a temporary directory suitable for building a package from, but do not actually create the package. This is useful if you want to move files around in the package before building it. The package can be built from this temporary directory by running "debian/rules binary", if you were creating a Debian package, or by running "rpm -bb .spec" if you were creating a Red Hat package. =item B<-s>, B<--single> Like B<-g>, but do not generate the packagename.orig directory. This is only useful when you are very low on disk space and are generating a debian package. =item B<--patch=>I Specify the patch to be used instead of automatically looking the patch up in B. This has no effect unless a debian package is being built. =item B<--anypatch> Be less strict about which patch file is used, perhaps attempting to use a patch file for an older verson of the package. This is not guaranteed to always work; older patches may necessarily not work with newer packages. =item B<--nopatch> Do not use any patch files. =item B<--description=>I Specifiy a description for the package. This only has an effect when converting from the tgz package format, which lacks descriptions. =item B<--version=>I Specifiy a version for the package. This only has an effect when converting from the tgz package format, which may lack version information. Note that without an argument, this displays the version of alien instead. =item B<-c>, B<--scripts> Try to convert the scripts that are meant to be run when the package is installed and removed. Use this with caution, becuase these scripts might be designed to work on a system unlike your own, and could cause problems. It is recommended that you examine the scripts by hand and check to see what they do before using this option. This is enabled by default when converting from lsb packages. =item B<-T>, B<--test> Test the generated packages. Currently this is only supported for debian packages, which, if lintian is installed, will be tested with lintian and lintian's output displayed. =item B<-k>, B<--keep-version> By default, alien adds one to the minor version number of each package it converts. If this option is given, alien will not do this. =item B<--fixperms> Sanitize all file owners and permissions when building a deb. This may be useful if the original package is a mess. On the other hand, it may break some things to mess with their permissions and owners to the degree this does, so it defaults to off. This can only be used when converting to debian packages. =item B<-h>, B<--help> Display a short usage summary. =back =head1 EXAMPLES Here are some examples of the use of alien: =over 4 =item alien --to-deb package.rpm Convert the package.rpm into a package.deb =item alien --to-rpm package.deb Convert the package.deb into a package.rpm =item alien -i package.rpm Convert the package.rpm into a package.deb (converting to a .deb package is default, so you need not specify --to-deb), and install the generated package. =item alien --to-deb --to-rpm --to-tgz --to-slp foo.deb bar.rpm baz.tgz Creates 9 new packages. When it is done, foo bar and baz are available in all 4 package formats. =back =head1 ENVIRONMENT Alien recognizes the following environemnt variables: =over 4 =item RPMBUILDOPT Options to pass to rpm when it is building a package. =item RPMINSTALLOPT Options to pass to rpm when it is installing a package. =item EMAIL If set, alien assumes this is your email address. Email addresses are included in generated debian packages. =back =head1 NOTES When using alien to convert a tgz package, all files in /etc in are assumed to be configuration files. If alien is not run as root, the files in the generated package will have incorrect owners and permissions. =head1 AUTHOR Alien was written by Christoph Lameter, B<>. deb to rpm conversion code was taken from the Martian program by Randolph Chung, B<>. The Solaris pkg code was written by Mark A. Hershberger B<>. Alien has been extensively rewritten (3 times) and is now maintained by Joey Hess, B<>. =head1 COPYRIGHT Alien may be copied and modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License. =cut use strict; use lib '.'; # For debugging, removed by Makefile. use Getopt::Long; use Alien::Package::Deb; use Alien::Package::Rpm; use Alien::Package::Tgz; use Alien::Package::Slp; use Alien::Package::Pkg; use Alien::Package::Lsb; # Returns a list of directories to search for patches. sub patchdirs { return '/var/lib/alien',"/usr/share/alien/patches"; } # Display alien's version number. sub version { my $version_string='unknown'; # VERSION_AUTOREPLACE done by Makefile, DNE print "Alien version $version_string\n"; exit; } # Display usage help. sub usage { print STDERR < 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. --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 RedHat 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 the following option: --description= Specify package description. --version= Specify package version. -p, --to-pkg Generate a Solaris pkg package. -i, --install Install generated package. -g, --generate Unpack, but do not generate a new package. -c, --scripts Include scripts in package. -k, --keep-version Do not change version of generated package. -h, --help Display this help message. -v, --version Display alien's version number. EOF exit 1; } # Start by processing the parameters. my (%destformats, $generate, $install, $single, $scripts, $patchfile, $nopatch, $tgzdescription, $tgzversion, $keepversion, $fixperms, $test, $anypatch); # Bundling is nice anyway, and it is required or Getopt::Long will confuse # -T and -t. Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling"); GetOptions( "to-deb|d", sub { $destformats{deb}=1 }, "to-rpm|r", sub { $destformats{rpm}=1 }, "to-lsb|l", sub { $destformats{lsb}=1 }, "to-tgz|t", sub { $destformats{tgz}=1 }, "to-slp", sub { $destformats{slp}=1 }, "to-pkg|p", sub { $destformats{pkg}=1 }, "test|T", \$test, "generate|g", \$generate, "install|i", \$install, "single|s", sub { $single=1; $generate=1 }, "scripts|c", \$scripts, "patch=s", \$patchfile, "nopatch", \$nopatch, "anypatch", \$anypatch, "description=s", \$tgzdescription, "version:s", sub { length $_[1] ? $tgzversion=$_[1] : version() }, "keep-version|k", \$keepversion, "fixperms", \$fixperms, "help|h", \&usage, ) || usage(); # Default to deb conversion. if (! %destformats) { $destformats{deb}=1; } # A few sanity checks. if (($generate || $single) && $install) { die "You can not use --generate or --single with --install.\n"; } if (($generate || $single) && keys %destformats > 1) { die "--generate and --single may only be used when converting to a single format.\n"; } if ($patchfile && ! -f $patchfile) { die "Specified patch file, \"$patchfile\" cannot be found.\n"; } if ($patchfile && $nopatch) { die "The options --nopatch and --patchfile cannot be used together.\n"; } unless (@ARGV) { print STDERR "You must specify a file to convert.\n\n"; usage(); } # Check alien's working anvironment. if (! -w '.') { die("Cannot write to current directory. Try moving to /tmp and re-running alien.\n"); } if ($> != 0) { if ($destformats{deb} && ! $generate && ! $single) { die "Must run as root to convert to deb format (or you may use fakeroot).\n"; } print STDERR "Warning: alien is not running as root!\n"; print STDERR "Ownerships of files in the generated packages will probably be messed up.\n"; } foreach my $file (@ARGV) { if (! -f $file) { die "File \"$file\" not found.\n"; } # Figure out what kind of file this is. my $package; # Check lsb before rpm, since lsb packages are really just # glorified rpms. if (Alien::Package::Lsb->checkfile($file)) { $package=Alien::Package::Lsb->new(filename => $file); } elsif (Alien::Package::Rpm->checkfile($file)) { $package=Alien::Package::Rpm->new(filename => $file); } elsif (Alien::Package::Deb->checkfile($file)) { $package=Alien::Package::Deb->new(filename => $file); } elsif (Alien::Package::Tgz->checkfile($file)) { $package=Alien::Package::Tgz->new(filename => $file); $package->description($tgzdescription) if defined $tgzdescription; $package->version($tgzversion) if defined $tgzversion; } elsif (Alien::Package::Slp->checkfile($file)) { $package=Alien::Package::Slp->new(filename => $file); } elsif (Alien::Package::Pkg->checkfile($file)) { $package=Alien::Package::Pkg->new(filename => $file); } else { die "Unknown type of package, $file.\n"; } $package->usescripts($scripts) unless $package->usescripts; # Increment release. unless (defined $keepversion) { $^W=0; # Shut of possible "is not numeric" warning. $package->release($package->release + 1); $^W=1; # Re-enable warnings. } foreach my $format (keys %destformats) { # Skip conversion if package is already the correct format. if ($package->origformat ne $format) { # Only unpack once. if ($package->unpacked_tree) { $package->cleantree; } else { $package->unpack; } # Mutate package into desired format. bless($package, "Alien::Package::".ucfirst($format)); # Make .orig.tar.gz directory? if ($format eq 'deb' && ! $single && $generate) { # Make .orig.tar.gz directory. system("cp", "-fa", "--", $package->unpacked_tree, $package->unpacked_tree.".orig") == 0 or die "cp -fa failed"; } # See if a patch file should be used. if ($format eq 'deb' && ! $nopatch) { if (defined $patchfile) { $package->patchfile($patchfile) } else { $package->patchfile($package->getpatch($anypatch, patchdirs())); } } $package->fixperms($fixperms); $package->prep; # If generating build tree only, stop here with message. if ($generate) { if ($format eq 'deb' && ! $single) { print "Directories ".$package->unpacked_tree." and ".$package->unpacked_tree.".orig prepared.\n" } else { print "Directory ".$package->unpacked_tree." prepared.\n"; } # Make sure $package does not wipe out the # directory when it is destroyed. $package->unpacked_tree(''); exit; } my $newfile=$package->build; if ($test) { my @results = $package->test($newfile); if (@results) { print "Test results:\n"; print "\t$_\n" foreach @results; } } if ($install) { $package->install($newfile); unlink $newfile; } else { # Tell them where the package ended up. print "$newfile generated\n"; } } elsif ($install) { # Don't convert the package, but do install it. $package->install($file); # Note I don't unlink it. I figure that might annoy # people, since it was an input file. } $package->revert; } }