Introduce support for the installation of DEB files. One caveat is that

.deb control files do not include licensing information, per
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html.

2 files changed, 70 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/Functions/DEB b/Functions/DEB
index 4c25e37..f2cebec 100644
--- a/Functions/DEB
+++ b/Functions/DEB
@@ -7,53 +7,101 @@ function thirdparty_backend() {
 }
 
 function thirdparty_arch() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    local arch=$(dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Architecture")
+    if [ "$arch" = "amd64" ]
+    then echo "x86_64"
+    elif [ "$arch" = "all" ]
+    then echo "noarch"
+    else echo "$arch"
+    fi
 }
 
 function thirdparty_distribution() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    local distro=$(dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Distribution")
+    if [ -z "$distro" ]
+    then echo "Debian based (guessed)"
+    else echo "$distro"
+    fi
 }
 
 function thirdparty_dependencies() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Depends"
 }
 
 function thirdparty_description() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Description"
 }
 
 function thirdparty_filenames() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    local contents=$(dpkg-deb --contents "$debfile")
+
+    # The output of --contents looks like this:
+    #
+    # drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-12-20 12:55 ./
+    # drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-12-20 12:55 ./etc/
+    # ...
+    # lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2016-12-20 12:55 ./opt/application/lib/libavfilter.so -> libavfilter.so.3.90.100
+    #
+    # We only want the path component. The sed below uses ./ as delimiter to account for
+    # spaces in file names. Symbolic link targets are filtered out.
+
+    echo "$contents" | sed 's,.*\./\(.*\),/\1,g' | grep -v "^/$" | sed -e 's,/$,,g' -e 's, -> .*,,g'
 }
 
 function thirdparty_license() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    echo "Please visit the project website for licensing information."
 }
 
 function thirdparty_name() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Package"
 }
 
 function thirdparty_version() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    local version=$(dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Version")
+    # The format is: [epoch:]upstream_version[-debian_revision]
+    # We want to output the [epoch:]upstream_version part
+    echo "$version" | cut -d: -f1-2 | rev | cut -d- -f2- | rev
 }
 
 function thirdparty_release() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    local version=$(dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Version")
+    # The format is: [epoch:]upstream_version[-debian_revision]
+    # We want to output the [-debian_revision] part
+    # The absence of a debian_revision is equivalent to a debian_revision of 0.
+    if echo "$version" | grep -q -- "-"
+    then echo "$version" | rev | cut -d- -f1 | rev
+    else echo "0"
+    fi
 }
 
 function thirdparty_summary() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Description"
 }
 
 function thirdparty_url() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    dpkg-deb --field "$debfile" "Homepage"
 }
 
 function thirdparty_search_remotedb() {
+    local path="$1"
+    local arch="$2"
+    local distro="$3"
     false
 }
 
 function thirdparty_uncompress() {
-    false
+    local debfile="$1"
+    Log_Normal "Extracting DEB payload."
+    dpkg-deb --extract "$debfile" .
 }
diff --git a/bin/ThirdPartyInstaller b/bin/ThirdPartyInstaller
index 131a31e..eab5ab1 100755
--- a/bin/ThirdPartyInstaller
+++ b/bin/ThirdPartyInstaller
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function take_dependency_from_path() {
         # the dependency currently linked on /System/Index.
         #
         # Note that when iterating over installed programs we skip those entries whose
-        # Resources/Architecture do not match the output of $(rpminfo --arch).
+        # Resources/Architecture do not match the output of $(thirdparty_arch).
 
         depname=$(echo "$fullpath" | cut -d/ -f3)
         depversion=$(echo "$fullpath" | cut -d/ -f4)
@@ -441,33 +441,25 @@ then verbose="--verbose"
 else verbose=
 fi
 
+# Sanity checks, then import the backend to handle the input package(s)
+if echo "$@" | grep -q "\.rpm" && echo "$@" | grep -q "\.deb"
+then Die "Error: cannot handle both RPM and DEB files in one shot."
+elif echo "$@" | grep -q "\.rpm"
+then Import RPM
+else Import DEB
+fi
+
 # The inputfiles array holds the full path of all RPM/DEB input files
 # The inputnames array holds the package name of all RPM/DEB input files
 inputfiles=()
 inputnames=()
-rpmcount=0
-debcount=0
 eval `Args_To_Array inputfiles_`
 for entry in "${inputfiles_[@]}"
 do
     inputfiles+=( "$(readlink -f ${entry} || echo ${entry})" )
-    inputnames+=( "$(rpminfo --name $entry)" )
-    echo "$entry" | grep -qi "\.deb" && let debcount=debcount+1
-    echo "$entry" | grep -qi "\.rpm" && let rpmcount=rpmcount+1
+    inputnames+=( "$(thirdparty_name $entry)" )
 done
 
-# Sanity checks, then import the backend to handle the package format
-if [ $rpmcount -gt 0 ] && [ $debcount -gt 0 ]
-then
-    Die "Error: cannot handle both RPM and DEB files in a single shot."
-elif [ $rpmcount -gt 0 ]
-then
-    Import RPM
-elif [ $debcount -gt 0 ]
-then
-    Import DEB
-fi
-
 # These will be set by prepare_program_entry()
 unset programname
 unset programversion