Manual: 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 will
       fall back 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.

	   Warning: Use this option with care, it is 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.

	   Warning: Use this option with care.

       -?, --help
	   Show the usage message and exit.

       -v, --version
	   Show the version and exit.

ENVIRONMENT
       DEB_HOST_ARCH
	   Sets the host architecture.	This affects the architecture name used in the package filename.

       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).

1.23.7							 2026-03-31						dpkg-name(1)