NAME¶
dpkg-name - rename Debian packages to full package names
SYNOPSIS¶
dpkg-name [
option...] [
--]
file...
DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page documents the
dpkg-name program which provides an easy
way to rename
Debian packages into their full package names. A full
package name consists of
package_version_architecture.package-type
as specified in the control file of the package. The
version part of
the filename consists of the upstream version information optionally followed
by a hyphen and the revision information. The
package-type part comes
from that field if present or fallbacks to
deb.
OPTIONS¶
- -a, --no-architecture
- The destination filename will not have the architecture information.
- -k, --symlink
- Create a symlink, instead of moving.
- -o, --overwrite
- Existing files will be overwritten if they have the same name as the
destination filename.
- -s, --subdir [dir]
- Files will be moved into a subdirectory. If the directory given as
argument exists the files will be moved into that directory otherwise the
name of the target directory is extracted from the section field in the
control part of the package. The target directory will be
`unstable/binary- architecture/section'. If the section is
not found in the control, then `no-section' is assumed, and in this case,
as well as for sections `non-free' and `contrib' the target directory is `
section/binary-architecture'. The section field isn't
required so a lot of packages will find their way to the `no-section'
area. Use this option with care, it's messy.
- -c, --create-dir
- This option can used together with the -s option. If a target
directory isn't found it will be created automatically. Use this option
with care.
- -?, --help
- Show the usage message and exit.
- -v, --version
- Show the version and exit.
BUGS¶
Some packages don't follow the name structure
package_version_architecture.deb.
Packages renamed by
dpkg-name will follow this structure. Generally
this will have no impact on how packages are installed by
dselect(1)/
dpkg(1), but other installation tools might depend on
this naming structure.
EXAMPLES¶
- dpkg-name bar-foo.deb
- The file `bar-foo.deb' will be renamed to bar-foo_1.0-2_i386.deb or
something similar (depending on whatever information is in the control
part of `bar-foo.deb').
- find /root/debian/ -name '*.deb' | xargs -n 1 dpkg-name -a
- All files with the extension `deb' in the directory /root/debian and its
subdirectory's will be renamed by dpkg-name if required into names
with no architecture information.
- find -name '*.deb' | xargs -n 1 dpkg-name -a -o -s -c
- Don't do this. Your archive will be messed up completely because a
lot of packages don't come with section information. Don't do
this.
- dpkg-deb --build debian-tmp && dpkg-name -o -s ..
debian-tmp.deb
- This can be used when building new packages.
SEE ALSO¶
deb(5),
deb-control(5),
dpkg(1),
dpkg-deb(1),
find(1),
xargs(1).