dpkg-repack:-
dpkg-repack creates Debian package file out of a package that has already been installed. If any changes have been made to the package while it was unpacked (e.g., files in /etc were modified), the new package will inherit the changes.
This utility can make it easy to copy packages from one computer to another, or to recreate packages which are installed on your system but no longer available elsewhere, or to save the current state of a package before you upgrade it.
Example situation:-
-> install great game non free from game writer company
-> game writer company goes bankrupt & your CD-ROM is lost.
-> Buy a new computer , want to play great game non free
use dpkg-repack to create a new package to install on new computer
install dpkg-repack:- apt-get install dpkg-repack
dpkg-repack coreutils
mine:~# dpkg --contents coreutils_5.97-5.3_amd64.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2007-02-17 01:44 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2007-02-17 01:44 ./bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 69104 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/mv
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 15560 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/false
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 40128 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/touch
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 36072 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/chmod
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 21448 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/cat
If you don't wish to run the rebuild as root, and you have the fakeroot package installed you can do so as follows:
skx@mine:~$ fakeroot -u dpkg-repack bash
dpkg-deb: building package `bash' in `./bash_3.1dfsg-8_amd64.deb'.
for more options see man dpkg-repack
dpkg-repack [--root=dir] [--arch=architecture] [--generate] packagename [packagename ...]
Examples:-
sudo dpkg-repack --arch=amd64
dpkg-repack --help
HOWTO: Backup all installed programs/packages
soln: fakeroot -u dpkg-repack `dpkg --get-selections | grep install | cut -f1`
dpkg-repack creates Debian package file out of a package that has already been installed. If any changes have been made to the package while it was unpacked (e.g., files in /etc were modified), the new package will inherit the changes.
This utility can make it easy to copy packages from one computer to another, or to recreate packages which are installed on your system but no longer available elsewhere, or to save the current state of a package before you upgrade it.
Example situation:-
-> install great game non free from game writer company
-> game writer company goes bankrupt & your CD-ROM is lost.
-> Buy a new computer , want to play great game non free
use dpkg-repack to create a new package to install on new computer
install dpkg-repack:- apt-get install dpkg-repack
dpkg-repack coreutils
mine:~# dpkg --contents coreutils_5.97-5.3_amd64.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2007-02-17 01:44 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2007-02-17 01:44 ./bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 69104 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/mv
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 15560 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/false
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 40128 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/touch
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 36072 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/chmod
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 21448 2007-01-30 20:38 ./bin/cat
If you don't wish to run the rebuild as root, and you have the fakeroot package installed you can do so as follows:
skx@mine:~$ fakeroot -u dpkg-repack bash
dpkg-deb: building package `bash' in `./bash_3.1dfsg-8_amd64.deb'.
for more options see man dpkg-repack
dpkg-repack [--root=dir] [--arch=architecture] [--generate] packagename [packagename ...]
Examples:-
sudo dpkg-repack --arch=amd64
dpkg-repack --help
HOWTO: Backup all installed programs/packages
soln: fakeroot -u dpkg-repack `dpkg --get-selections | grep install | cut -f1`
