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@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +dpkg - Debian's package maintenance system + +This is the dpkg suite of programs that form the foundation of the Debian's +package management system; on the lower layer there are ‘dpkg-deb’ and +‘dpkg-split’ programs handling the binary formats, and ‘dpkg-source’ program +handling the source formats; there is a collection of tools to handle building +source packages into binary packages; there is the medium-level and less +user-friendly command-line interface (CLI) in the form of the ‘dpkg’ command; +and then there is the terminal user interface (TUI) ‘dselect’ program (which +has gone out of preference in favor of the apt (CLI) and aptitude (TUI) +programs). + +The dpkg suite also includes some other programs currently maintained +on external repositories, namely ‘dpkg-repack’, ‘dpkg-www’, ‘dupload’ +and ‘debsig-verify’. + + +Releases +-------- + +The current legacy, stable and development releases can be found at: + + <https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/> + +For older releases check: + + <https://snapshot.debian.org/package/dpkg/> + + +Mailing List +------------ + +The subscription interface and web archives can be found at: + + <https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/> + +The mailing list address is (no subscription required to post): + + debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org + + +Source Repository +----------------- + +The primary repository can be browsed and cloned from: + + <https://git.dpkg.org/git/dpkg/dpkg.git> + + +Building from git source +------------------------ + +To prepare the dpkg source tree from git before starting the build process +some required software needs to be installed: + + GNU autoconf >= 2.60 + GNU automake >= 1.11 + GNU libtool >= 2.0 + GNU autopoint >= 0.19.7 (from GNU gettext) + GNU gettext >= 0.19.7 (only with --enable-nls) + +After installing the needed software, and running the following command on +the git tree: + + $ ./autogen + +the source should be roughly equivalent to the distributed tar source. + +To enable translated documentation this software will be needed: + + po4a >= 0.59 + + +Building from tar source +------------------------ + +The minimum software required to configure and build dpkg from a tarball is: + + C89 compiler with few C99 extensions (see doc/coding-style.txt) + perl (see doc/coding-style.txt) + pkg-config + GNU make + +To enable optional functionality or programs, this software might be needed: + + libmd (used by libdpkg, required if libc is missing digest functions) + libz (from zlib, used instead of gzip command-line tool) + liblzma (from xz utils, used instead of xz command-line tool) + libzstd (from libzstd, used instead of zstd command-line tool) + libbz2 (from bzip2, used instead of bzip2 command-line tool) + libselinux + curses compatible library (needed on --enable-dselect) + +To run the test suite («make check» or «make authorcheck» for author tests, +those that might not be pertinent during release builds) the following +software might be needed: + + Test::MinimumVersion perl module (optional, author) + Test::Pod perl module (optional) + Test::Pod::Coverage perl module (optional, author) + Test::Spelling perl module (optional, author) + Test::Strict perl module (optional) + Test::Synopsis perl module (optional, author) + Test::Perl::Critic perl module (optional, author) + aspell (optional, author) + aspell-en (optional, author) + codespell (optional, author) + cppcheck (optional, author) + fakeroot (optional) + sop [sqop (from Sequoia-PGP), pgpainless-cli] (optional) + sq (from Sequoia-PGP, optional) + gpg (optional) + i18nspector (optional, author) + shellcheck (optional, author) + +To enable additional developer's documentation («make doc») this software +will be needed: + + pod2man + doxygen + dot + +To enable code coverage («./configure --enable-coverage; make coverage») +this software is needed: + + lcov (from the Linux Test Project) + Devel-Cover perl module + +The build process is done by running the usual «./configure; make». To +see all available configuration options please run «./configure --help». +The following configure options might be of interest to disable specific +programs: + + --disable-dselect + --disable-start-stop-daemon + --disable-update-alternatives + +And the following to disable modifications to the build flags: + + --disable-compiler-warnings + --disable-compiler-optimizations + --disable-linker-optimizations |