Re: Can I get the .deb files that I currently have installed.

To: Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Cc: Mark Wright <mwright@pro-ns.net>, Debian Users Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Can I get the .deb files that I currently have installed.
From: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@caesar.elte.hu>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:55:24 +0200 (METDST)
Message-id: <[🔎] Pine.A32.3.96.990614215435.44209I-100000@caesar.power.elte.hu>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 199906141903.PAA03262@mixing.qc.dfo.ca>

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote:

> 
> "Mark Wright" wrote:
> 
> >                                          What I want is not the list of
> > .deb's, but the .debs themselves.  
> 
> As far as I know, there is no tool to recreate .deb file from
> files installed on your disk.  But it should be possible to hack in a
> few hours.


There is one, actually. 
dpkg-repack - puts an unpacked .deb file back together

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