MetaPackage Questions

[GreenDance]

Hi, could someone tell me please, how would I go about downloading a metapackage, editing it's contents, rebuilding the metapackage and installing it.

Thank You :popcorn:

[capink]

aptitude download <metapackage>

mkdir -p metapackage/DEBIAN

dpkg --extract <metapackage_version_arch.deb> metapackage

dpkg --control <metapackage_version_arch.deb> metapackage/DEBIAN



now edit the contetns of the metapackage folder (the control files will be at metapackage/DEBIAN). After finishing run


sudo chroot root.root -R metapackage


sudo dpkg -b metapackage metapackage.deb

[GreenDance]

aptitude download <metapackage>

mkdir -p metapackage/DEBIAN

dpkg --extract <metapackage_version_arch.deb> metapackage

dpkg --control <metapackage_version_arch.deb> metapackage/DEBIAN



now edit the contetns of the metapackage folder (the control files will be at metapackage/DEBIAN). After finishing run


sudo chroot root.root -R metapackage


sudo dpkg -b metapackage metapackage.deb

Thank You Very Much :popcorn:

[GreenDance]

Hi, I'm trying to install my edited .deb file, when I type

dpkg -i metapackage.deb I get errors, dependency problems,

e.g.
package depends on package; however;
package package is not installed.

Any idea's how I could fix this please?

[capink]

sudo apt-get install gdebi

sudo gdebi metapackage.deb