EQUIVS-CONTROL(1)

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✨ EQUIVS-CONTROL ✨

ok so bestie, gather round, because we're talking about equivs-control from the Debian manual pages (section 1, for the record) and it is SO much simpler than it sounds 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

equivs-control — it makes you a configuration file so that equivs-build has something to chew on, no cap 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

equivs-control filename

like... that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one argument, one dream ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕: equivs-control copies a template control file — the exact kind that the equivs-build command needs — over to the filename you gave it. literally a copy-paste situation but make it official 💫

then it's your turn, bestie. you have to go in and edit that freshly created file so it actually reflects your choices. the control file is formatted the same way regular control files in source packages are formatted (iykyk 👑). and here's the fun part — you can straight up delete the unneeded fields in the generated file. it's giving "declutter your life" energy 🧹🌸

🦋 FILES 🦋

  • /usr/share/equivs/template.ctl — this is the template file, the blueprint, the main character 👑 it's the thing that gets copied to whatever filename you handed over. iconic behaviour, honestly ✨

💜 DISTRIBUTION 💜

distribution is subject to the GNU public licence version 2 🫶 legal girlies rise

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org> — thank you for your service king 🎀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

  • equivs-build(1) — go read that one next, it's the whole reason this file exists fr fr 💀

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 22 Apr 2026, and this cutie came to you straight from Debian — go forth and equivs-control something, bestie 💅✨🦋

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