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PURL Type Definition: deb

  • Type Name: Debian package
  • Description: Debian packages, Debian derivatives, and Ubuntu packages
  • Schema ID: https://packageurl.org/types/deb-definition.json

PURL Syntax​

The structure of a PURL for this package type is:

pkg:deb/<namespace>/<name>@<version>?<qualifiers>#<subpath>

Repository Information​

  • Use Repository: Yes
  • Note: There is no default package repository, this should be implied either from the distro qualifiers key or using a base url as a repository_url qualifiers key.

Namespace definition​

  • Requirement: Required
  • Native Label: vendor
  • Note: The namespace is the "vendor" name such as "debian" or "ubuntu". It is not case sensitive and must be lowercased.

Name definition​

  • Requirement: Required
  • Native Label: name
  • Note: The name is not case sensitive and must be lowercased.

Version definition​

  • Requirement: Optional
  • Native Label: version
  • Note: The version is the version of the binary (or source) package.

Qualifiers Definition​

KeyRequirementNative nameDefault ValueDescription
archOptionalarch is the qualifiers key for a package architecture. The special value arch=source identifies a Debian source package that usually consists of a Debian Source control file (.dsc) and corresponding upstream and Debian sources. The dpkg-query command can print the name and version of the corresponding source package of a binary package, e.g. dpkg-query -f ${source:Package} ${source:Version} -W

Examples​

  • pkg:deb/debian/curl@7.50.3-1?arch=i386&distro=jessie
  • pkg:deb/debian/dpkg@1.19.0.4?arch=amd64&distro=stretch
  • pkg:deb/ubuntu/dpkg@1.19.0.4?arch=amd64
  • pkg:deb/debian/attr@1:2.4.47-2?arch=source
  • pkg:deb/debian/attr@1:2.4.47-2%2Bb1?arch=amd64