Sometimes a package will not install because of failing dependencies on a minor version.
This can be overcome by changing the dependency file in the package.
You can change the dependencies of a debian package in the following steps.
Will create i.e. three files: debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz
ar x <package>.deb
Wwill create: postinst postrm preinst prerm md5sums control
Could be that not all files exist like preinst and prerm
tar xzf control.tar.gz
editor control
tar c {post,pre}{inst,rm} md5sums control | gzip -c > control.tar.gz
or
tar c post{inst,rm} md5sums control | gzip -c > control.tar.gz
ar rcs <package>.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz
Create a script
#!/bin/bash
#set -x
if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
echo "Syntax: $0 debfile"
exit 1
fi
if [[ ! -f "$1" ]]; then
echo "File '$1' not found!"
exit 1
fi
DEBFILE="$1"
TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/deb.XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1
OUTPUT=`basename "${DEBFILE}" .deb`.modfied.deb
if [[ -e "${OUTPUT}" ]]; then
echo "Directory '${OUTPUT}' exists!"
rm -r "${TMPDIR}"
exit 1
fi
dpkg-deb -x "$DEBFILE" "$TMPDIR"
dpkg-deb --control "${DEBFILE}" "${TMPDIR}"/DEBIAN
if [[ ! -e "${TMPDIR}"/DEBIAN/control ]]; then
echo DEBIAN/control not found.
rm -r "${TMPDIR}"
exit 1
fi
CONTROL="$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN/control
MOD=`stat -c "%y" "${CONTROL}"`
joe -nobackup --wordwrap "${CONTROL}"
if [[ "${MOD}" == `stat -c "%y" "${CONTROL}"` ]]; then
echo Not modfied.
else
echo Building new deb...
dpkg -b "${TMPDIR}" "${OUTPUT}"
fi
rm -r "$TMPDIR"