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dpkg-name(1) dpkg utilities dpkg-name(1)
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 pack‐
age_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 fol‐
lowed 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 direc‐
tory 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 `sec‐
tion/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 simi‐
lar (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 subdirec‐
tory'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).
Debian Project 2012-04-15 dpkg-name(1)
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