138 lines
6.3 KiB
Groff
138 lines
6.3 KiB
Groff
.TH DEBI 1 "Debian Utilities" "DEBIAN" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
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debi \- install current version of generated Debian package
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBdebi\fP [\fIoptions\fR] [\fIchanges file\fR] [\fIpackage\fR ...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBdebi\fR figures out the current version of a package and installs
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it. If a \fI.changes\fR file is specified on the command line, the
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filename must end with \fI.changes\fR, as this is how the program
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distinguishes it from package names. If not, then \fBdebi\fR has to
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be called from within the source code directory tree. In this case,
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it will look for the \fI.changes\fR file corresponding to the current
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package version (by determining the name and version number from the
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changelog, and the architecture in the same way as
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\fBdpkg-buildpackage\fR(1) does). It then runs \fBdpkg \-i\fR on
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every \fI.deb\fR archive listed in the \fI.changes\fR file to install
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them, assuming that all of the \fI.deb\fR archives live in the same
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directory as the \fI.changes\fR file. Note that you probably don't
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want to run this program on a \fI.changes\fR file relating to a
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different architecture after cross-compiling the package!
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.PP
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If a list of packages is given on the command line, then only those
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debs with names in this list of packages will be installed.
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.PP
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Since installing a package requires root privileges, \fBdebi\fR will
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only be useful if it is either being run as root or \fBdpkg\fR can
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be run as root.
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.SH "Directory name checking"
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In common with several other scripts in the \fBdevscripts\fR package,
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\fBdebi\fR will climb the directory tree until it finds a
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\fIdebian/changelog\fR file. As a safeguard against stray files
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causing potential problems, it will examine the name of the parent
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directory once it finds the \fIdebian/changelog\fR file, and check
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that the directory name corresponds to the package name. Precisely
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how it does this is controlled by two configuration file variables
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\fBDEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_LEVEL\fR and \fBDEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_REGEX\fR, and
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their corresponding command-line options \fB\-\-check-dirname-level\fR
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and \fB\-\-check-dirname-regex\fR.
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.PP
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\fBDEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_LEVEL\fR can take the following values:
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.TP
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.B 0
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Never check the directory name.
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.TP
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.B 1
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Only check the directory name if we have had to change directory in
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our search for \fIdebian/changelog\fR. This is the default behaviour.
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.TP
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.B 2
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Always check the directory name.
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.PP
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The directory name is checked by testing whether the current directory
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name (as determined by \fBpwd\fR(1)) matches the regex given by the
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configuration file option \fBDEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_REGEX\fR or by the
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command line option \fB\-\-check-dirname-regex\fR \fIregex\fR. Here
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\fIregex\fR is a Perl regex (see \fBperlre\fR(3perl)), which will be
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anchored at the beginning and the end. If \fIregex\fR contains a '/',
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then it must match the full directory path. If not, then it must
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match the full directory name. If \fIregex\fR contains the string
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\'PACKAGE', this will be replaced by the source package name, as
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determined from the changelog. The default value for the regex is:
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\'PACKAGE(-.+)?', thus matching directory names such as PACKAGE and
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PACKAGE-version.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-a\fIdebian-architecture\fR, \fB\-t\fIGNU-system-type\fR
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See \fBdpkg-architecture\fR(1) for a description of these options.
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They affect the search for the \fI.changes\fR file. They are provided
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to mimic the behaviour of \fBdpkg-buildpackage\fR when determining the
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name of the \fI.changes\fR file.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-debs\-dir\fR \fIdirectory\fR
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Look for the \fI.changes\fR and \fI.deb\fR files in \fIdirectory\fR
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instead of the parent of the source directory. This should
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either be an absolute path or relative to the top of the source
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directory.
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.TP
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.BR \-m ", " \-\-multi
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Search for a multiarch \fI.changes\fR file, as created by \fBdpkg-cross\fR.
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.TP
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.BR \-u ", " \-\-upgrade
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Only upgrade packages already installed on the system, rather than
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installing all packages listed in the \fI.changes\fR file.
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Useful for multi-binary packages when you don't want to have all the
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binaries installed at once.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-check-dirname-level\fR \fIN\fR
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See the above section \fBDirectory name checking\fR for an explanation of
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this option.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-check-dirname-regex\fR \fIregex\fR
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See the above section \fBDirectory name checking\fR for an explanation of
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this option.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-with-depends\fR
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Attempt to satisfy the \fIDepends\fR of a package when installing it.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-tool\fR \fItool\fR
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Use the specified \fItool\fR for installing the dependencies of the package(s) to be
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installed. By default, \fBapt-get\fR is used.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-no-conf\fR, \fB\-\-noconf\fR
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Do not read any configuration files. This can only be used as the
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first option given on the command-line.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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Show help message and version information respectively.
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.SH "CONFIGURATION VARIABLES"
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The two configuration files \fI/etc/devscripts.conf\fR and
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\fI~/.devscripts\fR are sourced in that order to set configuration
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variables. Command line options can be used to override configuration
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file settings. Environment variable settings are ignored for this
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purpose. The currently recognised variables are:
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.TP
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.B DEBRELEASE_DEBS_DIR
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This specifies the directory in which to look for the \fI.changes\fR
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and \fI.deb\fR files, and is either an absolute path or relative to
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the top of the source tree. This corresponds to the
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\fB\-\-debs\-dir\fR command line option. This directive could be
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used, for example, if you always use \fBpbuilder\fR or
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\fBsvn-buildpackage\fR to build your packages. Note that it also
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affects \fBdebrelease\fR(1) in the same way, hence the strange name of
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the option.
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.TP
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.BR DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_LEVEL ", " DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_REGEX
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See the above section \fBDirectory name checking\fR for an explanation of
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these variables. Note that these are package-wide configuration
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variables, and will therefore affect all \fBdevscripts\fR scripts
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which check their value, as described in their respective manpages and
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in \fBdevscripts.conf\fR(5).
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR devscripts.conf (5)
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.SH AUTHOR
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\fBdebi\fR was originally written by Christoph Lameter
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<clameter@debian.org>. The now-defunct script \fBdebit\fR was
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originally written by James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>. They
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have been moulded into one script together with \fBdebc\fR(1) and
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parts extensively modified by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.
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