I just needed to repack a Debian package to solve this problem below are the steps.
$ mkdir -p extract/DEBIAN $ dpkg-deb -x package.deb extract/ $ dpkg-deb -e package.deb extract/DEBIAN [...do something, e.g. edit the control file...] $ mkdir build $ dpkg-deb -b extract/ build/
- -x extracts the package contents
- -e extracts the control files
- -b builds the new package
Done.
