Information about the package, debbuild, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The debbuild package is designed for, Build Debian-compatible .deb packages from RPM .spec files.
Package Name:
debbuild
Summary:
Build Debian-compatible .deb packages from RPM .spec files
Description:
debbuild attempts to build Debian-friendly semi-native packages from RPM spec files, RPM-friendly tarballs, and RPM source packages (.src.rpm files). It accepts most of the options rpmbuild does, and should be able to interpret most spec files usefully.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
17.5.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
43 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the debbuild package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install debbuild
This command will install debbuild on the server.
yum remove debbuild
This command will un-install debbuild on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove debbuild, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove debbuild
This command will un-install debbuild on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove debbuild when using the -y flag.
yum update debbuild
This command will update debbuild to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove debbuild, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update debbuild
This command will update debbuild to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove debbuild when using the -y flag.
yum info debbuild
This command will show you core information about the debbuild package.
yum deplist debbuild
This command will show you the dependencies for debbuild. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update debbuild
This command will check if there is an update waiting on debbuild. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.