# dpkg-name

## 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.
    


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