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dpkg-scanpackages(1) dpkg utilities dpkg-scanpackages(1)
NAME
dpkg-scanpackages - create Packages index files
SYNOPSIS
dpkg-scanpackages [options] binary-dir [override-file [path-prefix]] > Packages
DESCRIPTION
dpkg-scanpackages sorts through a tree of Debian binary packages and creates a Packages
file, used by apt(8), dselect(1), etc, to tell the user what packages are available for
installation. These Packages files are the same as those found on Debian archive sites and
CD-ROMs. You might use dpkg-scanpackages yourself if making a directory of local packages
to install on a cluster of machines.
Note: If you want to access the generated Packages file with apt you will probably need to
compress the file with bzip2(1) (generating a Packages.bz2 file) or gzip(1) (generatinc a
Packages.gz file). apt ignores uncompressed Packages files except on local access (i.e.
file:// sources).
binarydir is the name of the tree of the binary packages to process (for example, con-
trib/binary-i386). It is best to make this relative to the root of the Debian archive,
because every Filename field in the new Packages file will start with this string.
overridefile is the name of a file to read which contains information about how the pack-
age fits into the distribution; see below.
pathprefix is an optional string to be prepended to the Filename fields.
If more than one version of a package is found only the newest one is included in the out-
put. If they have the same version and only differ in architecture only the first one
found is used.
OPTIONS
-t, --type type
Scan for *.type packages, instead of *.deb.
-u, --udeb
Obsolete alias for -tudeb.
-a, --arch arch
Use a pattern consisting of *_all.deb and *_arch.deb instead of scanning for all
debs,
-m, --multiversion
Include all found packages in the output.
-h, --help
Show the usage message and exit.
--version
Show the version and exit.
DIAGNOSTICS
dpkg-scanpackages outputs the usual self-explanatory errors. It also warns about packages
that are in the wrong subdirectory, are duplicated, have a Filename field in their control
file, are missing from the override file, or have maintainer substitutions which do not
take effect.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(1), dselect(1), deb-override(5), dpkg-scansources(1).
Debian Project 2007-11-19 dpkg-scanpackages(1)
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