Unable to install dolibarr_15.0.2-4_all.deb on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Installing my Dolibarr
1

On Debian 11 with latest updates, I cannot install the official package 15.0.2 ; However version 15.0.1 installation works fine.
The output on the console is:

root@dolibarr:~# dpkg -i dolibarr_15.0.2-4_all.deb
dpkg-deb: error: archive ‘dolibarr_15.0.2-4_all.deb’ uses unknown compression for member ‘control.tar.zst’, giving up
dpkg: error processing archive dolibarr_15.0.2-4_all.deb (–install):
dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
dolibarr_15.0.2-4_all.deb

Note: On my Debian 11 instance, the package zstd is installed.

2

As a quick workaround, I unpack the .deb file and repack it using xz instead of zstd.
My shell script is:

#!/bin/sh
ar x dolibarr_15.0.2-4_all.deb
unzstd control.tar.zst
unzstd data.tar.zst
xz control.tar
xz data.tar
rm dolibarr_15.0.2-4_all.deb
ar cr dolibarr_15.0.2-4_all.deb debian-binary control.tar.xz data.tar.xz

1 Like
3

Same problem for me :frowning:

Thanks for the workaround, I will test it :wink:

EDIT : it worked :wink: Just add to install binutils via apt install binutils to get ar tool before using your script

4

You also need to have zstd installed, apt install zstd

5

Any guide for this? to install ZSTD?

6

Just read the above post

7

Latest update dolibarr_15.0.3-4_all.deb does not fix the problem.
We still need to apply the script/fix.
Enclosed an update of the initial script.

#!/bin/bash

TARGET=dolibarr_15.0.3-4_all.deb

if [ ! -f $TARGET ];
then
echo “File $TARGET does not exist. Abort”
exit
fi

ret=$(apt list binutils zstd | wc -l)
if [ $ret -ne 3 ];
then
echo Package binutils and zstd are needed. Install them first with 'apt install binutils zstd'
exit
fi

cp -a $TARGET $TARGET.org
ar x $TARGET
unzstd control.tar.zst
unzstd data.tar.zst
xz control.tar
xz data.tar
rm $TARGET
ar cr $TARGET debian-binary control.tar.xz data.tar.xz