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How do I build a .deb without zstd compression in Ubuntu 21.10? – Debian

I’m building a .deb using dpkg-buildpackage on Ubuntu 21.10 that is then extracted in a Debian system, which does not use zstd compression. How can I switch to the old compression when building my deb?

Running the command with --compression=xz or the equivalent -Z flag still leads to a zstd compressed file.

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    You can make dpkg use another compression format by adding the following lines to the rules file, which is located in your debian folder:

    override_dh_builddeb:
    dh_builddeb -- -Zgzip

    It is a bit late, but I hope it helps somebody.

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    If you’re using dpkg-deb to build your deb add -Zxz to change the compression method from zstd to xz.

    dpkg-deb -Zxz --build --root-owner-group yourdeb_1.1-0_amd64

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