How to install a .dsc file on linux
I have to install manually a file with a type I never seen before: .dsc
How can I install this kind of file on linux??
From FilExt.com:
Debian (Source Control (Source Package)) Typically lower case on *nix systems. Description File DPKG-source
Debian source packages consist of two or three files. First the *.DSC file which contains some information information about the package and checksums for the remaining file(s). Second a *.TAR.GZ holding the upstream sources. And third, if any changes need to be made to the sources, they are distributed as *.DIFF.GZ. To simplify the unpacking process a single command, "dpkg-source -x *.dsc", is provided by Debian to unpack these files. This association is classified as Source Code.
From Linuxquestions.org
Full procedure to install the package related to a .dsc
file:
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Before you begin, note that, besides the
.dsc
file, you must have the correspondingxxx-orig.tar.xz
andxxx-debian.tar.xz
files. -
Install
dpkg-dev
package, if not present in your linux machinesudo apt-get install dpkg-dev
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Following command extracts the package into an automatically created directory. Note: the necessary
xxx-orig.tar.xz
andxxx-debian.tar.xz
files must be in the same directory as the.dsc
file in order to work properly.dpkg-source -x yourfile.dsc
If you get error message concerning the signature, check this post here.
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To build the package get into the directory that was created in 2nd step and issue below command
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b
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to install the built package issue below command
dpkg -i ../yourfile_arch.deb