tools for AFTER you have .debs ### <a name="Software_States"> Software States </a> * Debian Source Package * Debian Binary Package * Component (main, contrib, non-free, non-US, updates, security) * Priority * Section * installed state - installed, half-installed, not-installed, unpacked, half-configured, config-files ### <a name="Groups"> Groups </a> * bug-filers * users * Debian Package Maintainers, Co-Maintainers & uploaders * ftp-masters * QA * porters for supported platforms (i386, m69k, sparc, alpha, powerpc, arm, mips, mipsel, hppa, ia64, s390) * porters for unreleased platforms (amd64, sh) * porters of non-linux platforms (hurd-i386, netbsd-i386, netbsd-alpha, freebsd-i386) * International translation providers * system administrators ### <a name="Software_amp_Systems"> Software & Systems </a> * dselect * wajig * grep-dctrl * dpkg-awk * [reportbug](http://packages.qa.debian.org/reportbug) * [dpkg](http://packages.qa.debian.org/dpkg) * [apt](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt) * [apt-proxy](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt-proxy) or [apt-cacher](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt-cacher) * [Package Tracking System](http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/debian-devel-announce-200201/msg00011.html) (PTS) * [Bug Tracking System](http://bugs.debian.org) (BTS) * Release Critical mailing to <debian-devel-announce@lists.debianNOSPAM.org> * [Work Needed and Prospective Packages](http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/) (WNPP) * [katie](http://ftp-master.debian.org) (was dinstall), ftp-master * update-excuses [output](http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/update_excuses.html) ### <a name="Input_amp_Output_Files_Formats"> Input & Output Files/Formats </a> * sources file from an archive * packages file from an archive * source deb * binary deb * /etc/apt/sources.list file * bug reports * web pages <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Inputs</strong></th> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>1</strong></th> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>2</strong></th> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>3</strong></th> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>4</strong></th> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> X </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>1</strong></th> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> X </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>2</strong></th> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> X </td> <td> </td> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>3</strong></th> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> X </td> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>4</strong></th> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td colspan="4"> </td> <th align="right" bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Outputs</strong></th> </tr> </table> also see [[GNUDebianBuildProcess]] for tools BEFORE you have .debs -- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 03 March 2004