dpkg-name

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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 package_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
       followed 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 directory 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 <<section/binary-architecture>>.
              The section field is not 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.

ENVIRONMENT
       DPKG_COLORS
              Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently accepted
              values are: auto (default), always and never.

       DPKG_NLS
              If set, it will be used to decide  whether  to  activate  Native
              Language  Support,  also known as internationalization (or i18n)
              support (since dpkg 1.19.0).  The accepted values are: 0  and  1
              (default).

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 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-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).

1.19.7                            2022-05-25                      dpkg-name(1)