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dpkg

Debian package manager. Some subcommands such as dpkg deb have their own usage documentation. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information: https://manpages.debian.org/latest/dpkg/dpkg.html.
  • Install a package:
    dpkg -i {{path/to/file.deb}}
  • Remove a package:
    dpkg -r {{package}}
  • List installed packages:
    dpkg -l {{pattern}}
  • List a package's contents:
    dpkg -L {{package}}
  • List contents of a local package file:
    dpkg -c {{path/to/file.deb}}
  • Find out which package owns a file:
    dpkg -S {{path/to/file}}

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