How to install a .dsc file on linux

Question

I have to install manually a file with a type I never seen before: .dsc

How can I install this kind of file on linux??

Answer 1

From FilExt.com:

Debian (Source Control (Source Package)) Typically lower case on *nix systems. Description File DPKG-source

Debian source packages consist of two or three files. First the *.DSC file which contains some information information about the package and checksums for the remaining file(s). Second a *.TAR.GZ holding the upstream sources. And third, if any changes need to be made to the sources, they are distributed as *.DIFF.GZ. To simplify the unpacking process a single command, "dpkg-source -x *.dsc", is provided by Debian to unpack these files. This association is classified as Source Code.

Answer 2

From Linuxquestions.org

Full procedure to install the package related to a .dsc file:

0. Before you begin, note that, besides the .dsc file, you must have the corresponding xxx-orig.tar.xz and xxx-debian.tar.xz files.

1. Install dpkg-dev package, if not present in your linux machine

   sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev

2. Following command extracts the package into an automatically created directory. Note: the necessary xxx-orig.tar.xz and xxx-debian.tar.xz files must be in the same directory as the .dsc file in order to work properly.

   dpkg-source -x yourfile.dsc

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3. To build the package get into the directory that was created in 2nd step and issue this command

   dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b

4. To install the built package issue this command

   dpkg -i ../yourfile_arch.deb