---
name: "xpi-repack"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mozilla-devscripts"
version: "0.54.2+nmu1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xpi-repack"
---

# xpi-repack(1)

repack a xpi file into a tarball

## NAME

xpi-repack - repack a xpi file into a tarball

## SYNOPSIS

**xpi-repack** \[*options*\] *xpi-file*

## DESCRIPTION

**xpi-repack** is a helper tool for packaging XUL extensions. It repacks the given xpi file into a proper tarball that can be used as source tarball for the Debian package. It is designed to work with uscan. Here is an example for debian/watch:

version=3\
 ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/\<id\>/\<package\>-(\[\\d\\.\]+)-.\*\\.xpi debian xpi-repack

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display a brief help message.

- **-p** *package*, **--package**=*package*

  The *package* name will be used for naming the resulting tarball. If this parameter is not provided, the source package name in debian/control will be used.

- **-u** *version*, **--upstream-version**=*version*

  The *version* will be used for naming the resulting tarball. You have to specify this parameter.

- **-f** *compression*, **--format**=*compression*

  The specified format will be used for compressing the resulting tarball. The formats *bz2*, *gz*, and *xz* are supported. When the parameter is omitted, *xz* will be used for "3.0 (quilt)" source packages and *gz* for all other source package types.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Print more information.

## AUTHOR

Benjamin Drung \<bdrung@debian.org\>