Adding a file to an existing .debian file in java

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I am looking for some pointers on how can I add a file into an existing .deb (debian) archive in Java ? Are there any libraries that I can use ?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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You would have to unpack and repack the file. You can try running bash commands from java. The following answer suggests ways you can do that

Refer to the following answer on how to unpack and repack .deb files.

Edit:

For a java library to do the same look at apache commons-compress.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered May 04 '17 at 00:38

nwarriorch

Thank you. I am however looking to implement purely a java based solution that doesn't involve running bash commands. – aquitted-mind May 04 '17 at 01:04
oh then you should look at http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/ , apparently .deb files are implemented as an ar archive. – nwarriorch May 04 '17 at 01:44
Thanks will experiment with that. Seems to have some file name limitation hopefully it will work out. – aquitted-mind May 05 '17 at 00:04

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