diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/gencode-local b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/gencode-local
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2013 Tomas Pospisek (tpo_deb sourcepole.ch)
+#
+# This file is based on cdist's __file/gencode-local and part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# This __package_dpkg type does not check whether a *.deb package is
+# allready installed. It just copies the *.deb package over to the
+# destination and installs it. We could use __package_apt to check
+# whether a *.deb package is allready installed and only install it
+# if we're given a --force argument or similar (would be clever not
+# to conflict with dpkg's --force options). But currently we don't
+# do any checks or --force'ing.
+#
+
+local_package_path=$( cat "$__object/parameter/install" )
+package=$( basename "$local_package_path" )
+
+if [ ! -f "$local_package_path" ]; then
+   echo "Package \"$local_package_path\" does not exist." >&2
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+# upload package to temp directory
+temp_dir="cdist.XXXXXXXXXX"
+cat << DONE
+destination_dir="\$($__remote_exec $__target_host "mktemp -d $temp_dir")"
+DONE
+
+cat << DONE
+$__remote_copy $local_package_path ${__target_host}:\$destination_dir
+DONE
+
+# install package
+echo "3" >&2
+cat << DONE
+$__remote_exec $__target_host "dpkg -i \"\$destination_dir/$package\""
+DONE
+
+# clean up: remove tmp_dir and contents on remote host
+cat << DONE
+$__remote_exec $__target_host "rm -rf \"\$destination_dir\""
+DONE
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/man.text b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/man.text
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+cdist-type__package_dpkg(7)
+==========================
+Tomas Pospisek <tpo_hp--@--sourcepole.ch>
+
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__package_dpkg - Manage packages with dpkg
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+dpkg is usually used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to
+install packages.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+install::
+    Specifies the local path to the *.deb package to be installed
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install foo package
+__package_dpkg --install /tmp/foo_0.1_all.deb
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+- cdist-type(7)
+- cdist-type__package(7)
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2013 Tomas Pospisek. Free use of this software is
+granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
+This type is based on __package_apt
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/parameter/required b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/parameter/required
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+install
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/singleton b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/singleton
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