On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:54:38 +0100 "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:53:01 -0700 > Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 06:00:12 +0100 > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I found a python script to extract debian packages, but every > > > package is extracted in a directory named after the packagefile, > > > so this structure is formed: > > > > What are you trying to do? > > I want to extract all man pages and all docs from all packages. I do > not want to install the packages. Then make nice search interfaces > with dwww and recoll. > > This is to be used in areas without internet access. I have a local > repository. > > I found a solution: I made a chroot with debootstrap, minimal install then I move all *deb from the repository inside a temp directory in the chroot then I can dpkg --unpack *.deb let the packages get unpacked in the system, without installing then I can copy the /usr/share/man etc. directories to the proper place. Thanks for the ideas!
