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.
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Install a package:
dpkg -i {{path/to/file.deb}}
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Remove a package:
dpkg -r {{package}}
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List installed packages:
dpkg -l {{pattern}}
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List a package's contents:
dpkg -L {{package}}
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List contents of a local package file:
dpkg -c {{path/to/file.deb}}
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Find out which package owns a file:
dpkg -S {{path/to/file}}
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