Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.user > #171453

Re: How to unpack an repack a deb package?

Show all headers | View raw

Hi Christian, 
> Well, the easiest way to do so, if you have Debian's packaging tools
> (notably dpkg-deb and fakeroot) installed:
> 
> ($DIR/ shouldn't exist prior to this and could be the package name)
> dpkg-deb -x package.deb $DIR/
> dpkg-deb -e package.deb $DIR/DEBIAN
> $EDITOR $DIR/DEBIAN/control
> fakeroot dpkg-deb -b $DIR package_repacked.deb
> rm -r $DIR
> 

Yes, great, this worked! I just needed to change the deps od an external 
package (fakturama*.deb) from openjdk-7-jre-headless to openjdk-8-jre-headless 
as the old 7-package would break my system. Doing as you suggested works well 
and I will send the developer a mail. 

What also should work is dpkg --unpack bla.deb /whatever/bla. Howver, I did 
not know, that the DEBIAN directory must be unpacked manually, too.

Most important: It si working as I wanted, and I have learned something more. 
Isn't that the most important? Learning?

Haved a nice weekend and thank you very much!


> Regards,
> Christian
Best 

Hans

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

How to unpack an repack a deb package? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-08-26 14:10 +0200
  Re: How to unpack an repack a deb package? Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2016-08-26 14:30 +0200
    Re: How to unpack an repack a deb package? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-08-26 15:00 +0200
  Re: How to unpack an repack a deb package? Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-08-26 16:10 +0200
    Re: How to unpack an repack a deb package? basti <black.fledermaus@arcor.de> - 2016-08-26 16:20 +0200

csiph-web