Section 5: file formats
default.pa – PulseAudio Sound Server Startup Script Synopsis ~/.config/pulse/default.pa /etc/pulse/default.pa /etc/pulse/system.pa Description The PulseAudio sound server interprets a configuration script on startup, which is mainly used to define the set of modules to load. When PulseAudio runs in the per-user mode and ~/.config/pulse/default.pa exists, that file is used. When PulseAudio runs in the per-user mode…
default.conf – IPA configuration file Synopsis /etc/ipa/default.conf, ~/.ipa/default.conf, /etc/ipa/server.conf, /etc/ipa/cli.conf Description The default.conf configuration file is used to set system-wide defaults to be applied when running IPA clients and servers. Users may create an optional configuration file in ~/.ipa/default.conf which will be merged into the system-wide defaults file. The following files are read, in order:…
debconf.conf – debconf configuration file Description Debconf is a configuration system for Debian packages. /etc/debconf.conf and ~/.debconfrc are configuration files debconf uses to determine which databases it should use. These databases are used for storing two types of information; dynamic config data the user enters into it, and static template data. Debconf offers a flexible,…
deb822 – Debian RFC822 control data format Description The package management system manipulates data represented in a common format, known as control data, stored in control files. Control files are used for source packages, binary packages and the .changes files which control the installation of uploaded files (dpkg‘s internal databases are in a similar format)….
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…