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NAME
       game-data-packager - build a .deb of game data


SYNOPSIS
       game-data-packager [ -i ] [ -d out-directory [ -n ] ] [ -z | --no-compress ] game [ game-options ]


DESCRIPTION
       Many  open-source  games  require  game data which is licensed incompatibly with the Debian Free Software
       Guidelines.  game-data-packager is  a  tool  designed  to  help  you  locally  assemble  Debian  packages
       containing such game data from CD-ROMs, the Internet or elsewhere.


OPTIONS
       -i     attempt to install the generated Debian package via dpkg(1) and su(1)

       -d out-directory
              writes the generated Debian package to the specified directory.

       -n     Do  not  attempt  to install the generated Debian package. This option must be used in conjunction
              with -d.

       -z | --compress
              Compress generated .deb (default unless -i is used)

       --no-compress
              Do not compress generated .deb (default with -i)

       game   The game being packaged. Running game-data-packager without arguments will display a list of valid
              games.  Running game-data-packager with just the game and no further arguments will display a list
              of valid options for that game.


SEE ALSO
       dpkg(1), su(1)


AUTHOR
       Copyright © 2010-2013 Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>
       Thanks to Branden Robinson for his ‘Write the Fine Manual’ presentation, once found at ⟨http://
       people.debian.org/~branden/talks/wtfm/⟩

                                                   2008-07-14                              game-data-packager(6)