diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/gencode-remote
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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.
+#
+
+echo "dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/$__object_id"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/man.rst
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+cdist-type__package_dpkg(7)
+===========================
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__package_dpkg - Manage packages with dpkg
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+__package_dpkg is used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to
+install packages that are provided locally as *.deb files.
+
+The object given to __package_dpkg must be the name of the deb package.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+source
+    path to the *.deb package
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    # Install foo and bar packages
+    __package_dpkg --source /tmp/foo_0.1_all.deb foo_0.1_all.deb
+    __package_dpkg --source $__type/files/bar_1.4.deb bar_1.4.deb
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+:strong:`cdist-type__package`\ (7)
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Tomas Pospisek <tpo_deb--@--sourcepole.ch>
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2013 Tomas Pospisek. 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.
+This type is based on __package_apt.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/manifest
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2013 Tomas Pospisek (tpo_deb sourcepole.ch)
+#
+# 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.
+
+
+package_path=$( cat "$__object/parameter/source" )
+package=$( basename "$__object_id" )
+
+__file "/var/cache/apt/archives/$package" \
+       --source "$package_path"           \
+       --state  present
+
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/parameter/required b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dpkg/parameter/required
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+source