alien software package provides convert and install rpm and other packages, you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install alien
alien is installed in your system.
Make ensure the alien package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep alien *
You will get with alien package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | alien |
| Version | 8.87 |
| Description | convert and install rpm and other packages |
| Sub Section | Admin |
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