debpkg(1)

NAME

   debpkg - wrapper for dpkg

SYNOPSIS

   debpkg dpkg-options

DESCRIPTION

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

REQUIREMENTS

   debpkg  must  be  given  superuser  privileges  in some way to function
   properly.  Access to debpkg with those privileges is the same as having
   superuser  access  to your machine.  debpkg will abort if it finds that
   it neither being run by root nor setuid root.

   The devscripts package has been designed to allow  debpkg  to  be  made
   setuid  root.   This  works  by  using a compiled wrapper script, which
   means that suidperl is not required.  See dpkg-statoverride(8)  if  you
   wish  to  make  this  program  setuid  root.   sudo or super could also
   conceivably be used.

AUTHOR

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

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