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Another type of package is the <emphasis>Red Hat Package Manager</emphasis> (RPM) file. These have the <filename class="extension">.rpm</filename> suffix. It is not recommended to install these on an Xubuntu system. In almost all cases, a native Xubuntu <filename class="extension">.deb</filename> package is available. However, if absolutely necessary, an <filename class="extension">.rpm</filename> file can be converted to a <filename class="extension">.deb</filename> package using the <application>alien</application> application. The resulting <filename class="extension">.deb</filename> file can be installed as described above.
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To convert an RPM into a <filename class="extension">.deb</filename>:
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<ulink url="apt:alien">Install the <application>alien</application> package</ulink>.
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In a Terminal, enter: <screen>sudo alien <replaceable>package_file.rpm</replaceable></screen>
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add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:599(para)
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Installing <emphasis>tarballs</emphasis>
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Files with the <filename class="extension">.tar</filename>, <filename class="extension">.tgz</filename>, <filename class="extension">.tar.gz</filename> or <filename class="extension">.tar.bz2</filename> suffix are package files known as <emphasis>tarballs</emphasis>, and are widely used in Linux and Unix to package software. Tarballs can also be used to archive and compress other files.
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add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:609(para)
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If there is no native Xubuntu package available in any of the Xubuntu repositories, you can use the command line to install or uninstall the tarball file.
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add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:618(para)
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The first step will be to uncompress and extract the tarball. If it is a <emphasis>.tgz</emphasis> or a <emphasis>.tar.gz</emphasis>, in a Terminal enter: <screen>tar xfvz <replaceable>tarball_name</replaceable></screen>
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Then it will be necessary to follow the instructions that come with the package. These are generally located in the extracted tarball in a file called <filename>README</filename> or <filename>INSTALL</filename>.
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Compiling programs requires some packages that are not installed by default. You can install most of these all at once by installing the <ulink url="apt:build-essential">build-essential</ulink> package.
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