deb – Debian binary package format Synopsis filename.deb Description The .deb format is the Debian binary package file format. It is understood since dpkg 0.93.76, and is generated by default since dpkg 1.2.0 and 1.1.1elf (i386/ELF builds). The format described here is used since Debian 0.93; details of the old format are described in deb-old(5)….
deb-version – Debian package version number format Synopsis [epoch:]upstream-version[–debian-revision] Description Version numbers as used for Debian binary and source packages consist of three components. These are: epoch This is a single (generally small) unsigned integer. It may be omitted, in which case zero is assumed. If it is omitted then the upstream-version may not contain…
deb-triggers – package triggers Synopsis debian/triggers, debian/binary-package.triggers, DEBIAN/triggers Description A package declares its relationship to some trigger(s) by including a triggers file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/triggers during package creation). This file contains directives, one per line. Leading and trailing whitespace and everything after the first # on any line will be trimmed, and…
deb-symbols – Debian’s extended shared library information file Synopsis DEBIAN/symbols Description The symbol files are shipped in Debian binary packages, and its format is a subset of the template symbol files used by dpkg-gensymbols(1) in Debian source packages. The format for an extended shared library dependency information entry in these files is: library-soname main-dependency-template [| alternative-dependency-template]…
deb-substvars – Debian source substitution variables Synopsis debian/substvars, debian/binary-package.substvars Description Before dpkg-source, dpkg-gencontrol and dpkg-genchanges write their control information (to the source control file .dsc for dpkg-source and to standard output for dpkg-gencontrol and dpkg-genchanges) they perform some variable substitutions on the output file. A variable substitution has the form ${variable-name}. Variable names consist of…
deb-src-symbols – Debian’s extended shared library template file Synopsis debian/package.symbols.arch, debian/symbols.arch, debian/package.symbols, debian/symbols Description The symbol file templates are shipped in Debian source packages, and its format is a superset of the symbols files shipped in binary packages, see deb-symbols(5). Comments Comments are supported in template symbol files. Any line with ‘#’ as the first…
deb-src-rules – Debian source package rules file Synopsis debian/rules Description This file contains the instructions necessary to build the binary packages from the source package. The debian/rules file is an executable Makefile, with a shebang that is usually set to “#!/usr/bin/make -f”. It must support the following make targets: clean Clean up the source tree,…
deb-src-files – Debian distribute files format Synopsis debian/files Description This file contains the list of artifacts that are to be distributed via the .changes control file. The debian/files file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. filename section priority [ keyword=value… ] filename is the name of the artifact to distribute. section and priority correspond to the…
deb-src-control – Debian source packages’ master control file format Synopsis debian/control Description Each Debian source package contains the master «debian/control» file, and its deb822(5) format is a superset of the control file shipped in Debian binary packages, see deb-control(5). This file contains at least 2 paragraphs, separated by a blank line. The first paragraph lists…
deb-split – Debian multi-part binary package format Synopsis filename.deb Description The multi-part .deb format is used to split big packages into smaller pieces to ease transport in small media. Format The file is an ar archive with a magic value of !<arch>. The file names might contain a trailing slash (since dpkg 1.15.6). The first…
deb-shlibs – Debian shared library information file Synopsis debian/shlibs, debian/binary-name.shlibs, DEBIAN/shlibs Description shlibs files map shared library names and versions (SONAMEs) to dependencies suitable for a package control file. There is one entry per line. Blank lines are not allowed. Lines beginning with a # character are considered commentary, and are ignored. All other lines…
deb-prerm – package pre-removal maintainer script Synopsis DEBIAN/prerm Description A package can perform several pre-removal actions via maintainer scripts, by including an executable prerm file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/prerm during package creation). The script can be called in the following ways: prerm remove Before the package is removed. old-prerm upgrade new-version Before an…
deb-preinst – package pre-installation maintainer script Synopsis DEBIAN/preinst Description A package can perform several pre-installation actions via maintainer scripts, by including an executable preinst file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/preinst during package creation). The script can be called in the following ways: new-preinst install Before the package is installed. new-preinst install old-version new-version Before…
deb-postrm – package post-removal maintainer script Synopsis DEBIAN/postrm Description A package can perform several post-removal actions via maintainer scripts, by including an executable postrm file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/postrm during package creation). The script can be called in the following ways: postrm remove After the package was removed. postrm purge After the package…
deb-postinst – package post-installation maintainer script Synopsis DEBIAN/postinst Description A package can perform several post-installation actions via maintainer scripts, by including an executable postinst file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/postinst during package creation). The script can be called in the following ways: postinst configure old-version After the package was installed. postinst triggered "trigger-name…" After…
deb-override – Debian archive override file Synopsis override Description While most information about a package can be found in the control file, some is managed centrally by the distribution czars rather than by the maintainer in order to offer some global consistency. This information is found in the override file. The override file has a…
deb-origin – Vendor-specific information files Synopsis /etc/dpkg/origins/filename Description The files in /etc/dpkg/origins can provide information about various vendors who are providing Debian packages. They contain a number of fields, or comments when the line starts with ‘#‘. Each field begins with a tag, such as Vendor or Parent, followed by a colon and the body…
deb-old – old style Debian binary package format Synopsis filename.deb Description The .deb format is the Debian binary package file format. This manual page describes the old format, used before Debian 0.93. Please see deb(5) for details of the new format. Format The file is two lines of format information as ASCII text, followed by…
deb-md5sums – package MD5 file digests Synopsis DEBIAN/md5sums Description A package declares the MD5 digests for the package file contents by including an md5sums file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/md5sums during package creation). This file is used for integrity verification and deduplication purposes, and not for any kind of security purpose. This file contains…
deb-extra-override – Debian archive extra override file Synopsis override Description While most information about a binary/source package can be found in the control/.dsc file, all of it can be overridden when it’s exported to Packages/Sources files. The extra override file contains those overrides. The extra override file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. Comments are allowed…