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i am getting the following error while converting a file from .rpm .deb :

chmod: invalid option -- '/' Try chmod --help' for more information. mkdir: invalid option -- '/' Trymkdir --help' for more information. mkdir -/debian failed: at /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package/Deb.pm line 299.

i am working on the same directory where the file is located and i use the following command: alien software-name.rpm

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can you add to your question what RPM you are converting and the website link to the RPM. Have you searched for a .deb equivalent? – fossfreedom♦ Oct 15 '11 at 10:02
My problem is not related to a specific rpm file.i was able to convert rpm to deb before. but now i don't know what happened. i can't convert any rpm file. – Osama Ahmaro Oct 16 '11 at 5:30
This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. – Ringtail Mar 20 '12 at 17:29

closed as too localized by fossfreedom♦ Mar 21 '12 at 21:22

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