Suppose you installed a .deb from somewhere and want to post it somewhere or just give it to a friend, but you can't find the download link anymore. If you still have the software installed, you can easily repack the .deb package by using dpkg-repack.
To do this, firstly install dpkg-repack:
And then, to repack a .deb for an installed package, simply run this command:
Where <package> is the .deb package you want to repack.
dpkg-repack can be even used to create a different architecture .deb, for example amd64 (but I cannot test this to see if the amd64 created packages actually work ok):
For more info on dpkg-repack, type:
sudo apt-get install dpkg-repackAnd then, to repack a .deb for an installed package, simply run this command:
sudo dpkg-repack <package>Where <package> is the .deb package you want to repack.
dpkg-repack can be even used to create a different architecture .deb, for example amd64 (but I cannot test this to see if the amd64 created packages actually work ok):
sudo dpkg-repack --arch=amd64 <package>For more info on dpkg-repack, type:
dpkg-repack --help[via littlejohn.se]
