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NAME

6       debpkg - wrapper for dpkg
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SYNOPSIS

9       debpkg dpkg-options
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DESCRIPTION

12       debpkg  simply invokes dpkg(1) but first becomes superuser so that dpkg
13       is able to install and remove packages.  It also cleans the environment
14       and        resets       PATH       to       a       sane       default:
15       "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11" so that local versions  of
16       programs are not run by accident.
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REQUIREMENTS

19       debpkg must be given superuser privileges in some way to function prop‐
20       erly.  Access to debpkg with those privileges is  the  same  as  having
21       superuser  access  to your machine.  debpkg will abort if it finds that
22       it neither being run by root nor setuid root.
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24       The devscripts package has been designed to allow  debpkg  to  be  made
25       setuid  root.   This  works  by  using a compiled wrapper script, which
26       means that suidperl is not required.  See dpkg-statoverride(8)  if  you
27       wish  to  make this program setuid root.  sudo or super could also con‐
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AUTHOR

31       Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>; minor  modifications  made  by
32       Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.
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