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Each Debian package contains the master `control' file, which contains a number of fields, or comments when the line starts with B<'#'>. Each field begins with a tag, such as B<Package> or B<Version> (case insensitive), followed by a colon, and the body of the field. Fields are delimited only by field tags. In other words, field text may be multiple lines in length, but the installation tools will generally join lines when processing the body of the field (except in the case of the B<Description> field, see below).

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REQUIRED FIELDS

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B<Package:> E<lt>package nameE<gt>

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The value of this field determines the package name, and is used to generate file names by most installation tools.

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B<Version:> E<lt>version stringE<gt>

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Typically, this is the original package's version number in whatever form the program's author uses. It may also include a Debian revision number (for non-native packages). The exact format and sorting algorithm are described in B<deb-version>(5).

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B<Maintainer:> E<lt>fullname emailE<gt>

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Should be in the format `Joe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@foo.comE<gt>', and is typically the person who created the package, as opposed to the author of the software that was packaged.

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B<Description:> E<lt>short descriptionE<gt>

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B< >E<lt>long descriptionE<gt>