[Bug 2136905] Re: [needs-packaging] debpkg

[Robie Basak]

This looks straightforward enough to sponsor. I wonder about the name
though. debpkg (so installing into /usr/bin/debpkg then?) sounds like
dpkg to anyone not already very familiar with Debian, but performs a
completely different function. Will Debian ftpmasters consider that as
part of their management of the filesystem namespace, and if they ask
for a change, would this end up with a divergence in Ubuntu
accidentally?

Is there an overlap with gdebi(1) here, which perhaps could be enhanced
to also support URLs?

For the above two reasons I'm unwilling to sponsor ahead of Debian, but
this is a weak opinion and I have no objection to someone else doing it.

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Title:
  [needs-packaging] debpkg

Status in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Debpkg is a command-line tool for downloading and installing Debian packages
  from URLs. This tool simplifies the process of installing .deb packages by
  handling the download and installation in one command.

  This is a very early version 0.0.1 and will have lots more features
  later that hopefully simplify Debian packaging related actions.

  URL: https://salsa.debian.org/otto/debpkg
  License: Expat

  Debian ITP: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1121599

  This was initially uploaded to Debian NEW in November, 2025, but
  decided to upload now in parellel to Ubuntu too as the Debian NEW
  queue is processed by just one person and it takes months for packages
  to get through.

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