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The problem Debian binary packages often require dependency patching, especially when installing on different Linux distributions. The script #!/bin/bash if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then echo "Usage: $0 <package.deb>" exit 1 fi INPUT_DEB="$1" if [ ! -f "$INPUT_DEB" ]; then echo "Error: File $INPUT_DEB not found." exit 1 fi PACKAGE_NAME=$(basename "$INPUT_DEB" .deb) TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d) OUTPUT_DEB="${PACKAGE_NAME}_no-deps.deb" # Ensure cleanup on exit trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"' EXIT echo "Extracting $INPUT_DEB..." dpkg-deb -R "$INPUT_DEB" "$TMP_DIR" || exit 1 echo "Zapping dependencies..." # Remove the Depends line. # We use a regex that matches 'Depends:' at the start of the line. sed -i '/^Depends:/d' "$TMP_DIR/DEBIAN/control" echo "Repackaging to $OUTPUT_DEB..." dpkg-deb --root-owner-group -b "$TMP_DIR" "$OUTPUT_DEB" || exit 1 echo "Done! Created $OUTPUT_DEB" Usage $ ./zap-deps.sh wsjtx_3.1.0_improved_PLUS_260418_amd64.deb Extracting wsjtx_3.1.0_improved_PLUS_260418_amd64.deb... Zapping dependencies... Repackaging to wsjtx_3.1.0_improved_PLUS_260418_amd64_no-deps.deb... dpkg-deb: building package 'wsjtx' in 'wsjtx_3.1.0_improved_PLUS_260418_amd64_no-deps.deb'. Done! Created wsjtx_3.1.0_improved_PLUS_260418_amd64_no-deps.deb Notes Before installing the modded package run the following command. ...