dpkg-scanpackages(1) dpkg suite dpkg-scanpackages(1) NAME dpkg-scanpackages - create Packages index files SYNOPSIS dpkg-scanpackages [option...] binary-path [override-file [path-prefix]] > Packages DESCRIPTION dpkg-scanpackages sorts through a tree of Debian binary packages and cre- ates 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 in- stall 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 xz(1) (generating a Packages.xz file), bzip2(1) (generating a Packages.bz2 file) or gzip(1) (generating a Packages.gz file). apt ignores uncompressed Packages files except on local access (i.e. file:// sources). binary-path is the name of the tree of the binary packages to process (for example, contrib/binary-i386). It is best to make this relative to the root of the Debian archive, because every Filename field in the new Pack- ages file will start with this string. override-file is the name of a file to read which contains information about how the package fits into the distribution (the file can be com- pressed since dpkg 1.15.5); see deb-override(5). path-prefix 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 in- cluded in the output. If they have the same version and only differ in ar- chitecture only the first one found is used. OPTIONS -t, --type type Scan for *.type packages, instead of *.deb. -e, --extra-override file Scan file to find supplementary overrides (the file can be com- pressed since dpkg 1.15.5). See deb-extra-override(5) for more in- formation on its format. -a, --arch arch Use a pattern consisting of *_all.deb and *_arch.deb instead of scanning for all debs. -h, --hash hash-list Only generate file hashes for the comma-specified list specified (since dpkg 1.17.14). The default is to generate all currently sup- ported hashes. Supported values: md5, sha1, sha256. -m, --multiversion Include all found packages in the output. -M, --medium id-string Add an X-Medium field containing the value id-string (since dpkg 1.15.5). This field is required if you want to generate Packages.cd files for use by the multicd access method of dselect. -?, --help Show the usage message and exit. --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 Lan- guage Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n) support (since dpkg 1.19.0). The accepted values are: 0 and 1 (default). 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), deb-extra-override(5), dpkg-scan- sources(1). 1.19.8 2022-05-24 dpkg-scanpackages(1)
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