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  1. Source: dpkg
  2. Section: base
  3. Priority: required
  4. Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
  5. Standards-Version: 2.1.0.0
  6. Package: dpkg
  7. Architecture: any
  8. Essential: yes
  9. Pre-Depends: ${shlibs:Pre-Depends}
  10. Suggests: developer-keyring
  11. Description: Package maintenance system for Debian Linux
  12. This package contains the programs which handle the installation and
  13. removal of packages on your system.
  14. .
  15. The primary interface for the dpkg suite is the `dselect' program;
  16. a more low-level and less user-friendly interface is available in
  17. the form of the `dpkg' command.
  18. .
  19. In order to unpack and build Debian source packages you will need to
  20. install the developers' package `dpkg-dev' as well as this one.
  21. Package: dpkg-dev
  22. Section: devel
  23. Priority: important
  24. Architecture: all
  25. Depends: perl
  26. Recommends: cpio (>= 2.4.2-2), patch (>= 2.2-1), gcc, make
  27. Suggests: gnupg, developer-keyring
  28. Conflicts: dpkgname
  29. Replaces: dpkgname, dpkg (<< 1.4.0)
  30. Description: Package building tools for Debian Linux
  31. This package contains the tools (including dpkg-source) required to
  32. unpack, build and upload Debian source packages. It also contains
  33. the programmers' and Debian policy manuals, which are the
  34. documentation for package developers.
  35. .
  36. `cpio' and `patch' are also required to manipulate source packages.
  37. Some older cpios are insufficient - use at least 2.4.2-2.
  38. .
  39. Most Debian source packages will require additional tools to build -
  40. for example, most packages need the `make' and the C compiler `gcc'.