mchid Asked: 2014-05-04 19:46:07 +0800 CST2014-05-04 19:46:07 +0800 CST 2014-05-04 19:46:07 +0800 CST how to recompress a .deb package 772 I have a .deb file that needed to be altered. I have decompressed the .deb file and made the necessary changes. How to I re-compress the file back into a .deb file. package-management 1 Answers Voted Best Answer mchid 2014-05-04T20:39:00+08:002014-05-04T20:39:00+08:00 I found the answer. First, right click on the extracted archive and choose compress. Choose "tar.gz" format. Next, in a terminal, run the following command: sudo alien --to-deb ~/Desktop/filename.tar.gz replacing ~/Desktop/filename.tar.gz with the actual path to the actual file.
I found the answer.
First, right click on the extracted archive and choose compress. Choose "tar.gz" format.
Next, in a terminal, run the following command:
replacing ~/Desktop/filename.tar.gz with the actual path to the actual file.