dpkg-name

dpkg-name(1)                    dpkg utilities                    dpkg-name(1)



NAME
       dpkg-name - rename Debian packages to full package names

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-name [options] [--] files

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  __.       age_type> as specified in the control file of the  package.  The         sion> part of the filename consists of the upstream version information
       optionally followed by a  hyphen  and  the  revision  information.  The
         part  comes  from that field if present or fallbacks to
       deb.

OPTIONS
       -a, --no-architecture
              The destination filename will not have the architecture informa‐
              tion.

       -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-/
'. 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 `
/binary-              tecture>'. 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.

       -h, --help
              Show the usage message and exit.

       -v, --version
              Show the version and exit.

       -l, --license
              Show the copyright licensing terms and exit.

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 --build debian-tmp && dpkg-name -o -s .. debian-tmp.deb
              This can be used when building new packages.

BUGS
       Some  packages  don't  follow  the   name   structure   _       sion>_.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.

SEE ALSO
       deb(5), deb-control(5), dpkg(1), dpkg-deb(1), find(1), xargs(1).

AUTHOR
       Copyright © 1995,1996 Erick Branderhorst

       This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2  or
       later for copying conditions. There is NO WARRANTY.



Debian Project                    2008-08-18                      dpkg-name(1)