Debian (dpkg) package installer for Linux distributions with no dpkg/apt.
Debinst does not handle dependencies, but it executes post-install script if it exists.
The code is kind of dirty.
debinst [install|remove|list] {PACKAGE.deb}
Install will attempt to install the .deb package, remove will take a fuzzy search argument for all installed packages and attempt to remove them and their files based on their .list file. .list files are now stored in /var/debinst/lists.
List will output all installed .deb packages based on the .list files within the lists directory.
This script leaves 1 to 2 files around.
After installing package.deb, a package.deb.list with the list of all the installed files will be created in /var/debinst/lists.
package.postinst.log will be created in /var/debinst/logs if the post-install script exits with an error.
- Add a -f switch for overriding (or not) files.
- Check if the .deb is a good package before installing.
See UNLICENSE