Hello,
dpkg-deb is your friend. Have a look at
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/138188/easily-unpack-deb-edit-postinst-and-repack-deb

But keep in mind, with other dependencies you should rebuild the package.

Best Regards,
basti

On 26.08.2016 16:01, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:04 PM Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de
> <mailto:hans.ullr...@loop.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear list,
> 
>     I need to unpack and repack a debian package. Reason: I want to
>     change the
>     dependencies in that package.
> 
> 
> I'm reminded of the old IT and general-corporate saying, "Once you open
> a can of worms, the only way to re-can them is to use a larger can"...
> 
> Sorry, couldn't resist it
> 
> Mark

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