tldr/pages/linux/dpkg.md

# dpkg

> Debian package manager.
> More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/buster/dpkg/dpkg.1.en.html>.

- Install a package:

`dpkg -i {{path/to/file.deb}}`

- Remove a package:

`dpkg -r {{package_name}}`

- List installed packages:

`dpkg -l {{pattern}}`

- List a package's contents:

`dpkg -L {{package_name}}`

- List contents of a local package file:

`dpkg -c {{path/to/file.deb}}`

- Find out which package owns a file:

`dpkg -S {{filename}}`
Fix markdown lint warning for linux man pages 2015-10-22 10:00:05 +03:00			`# dpkg`
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dpkg: add more information link (#4673) 2020-10-13 13:49:56 +03:00			`> More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/buster/dpkg/dpkg.1.en.html>.`
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Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`- Install a package:`
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dpkg: add -c option (list local deb file contents) Add example for listing package contents of a downloaded `.deb` file, because `dpkg -L` only works with the `apt` name of the package (and only when installed). 2018-09-03 13:28:06 +03:00			`dpkg -i {{path/to/file.deb}}`
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Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`- Remove a package:`
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			`dpkg -r {{package_name}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`- List installed packages:`
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Fixed a typo in dpkg 2015-09-23 13:17:08 +03:00			`dpkg -l {{pattern}}`
Pages: dpkg 2014-04-29 01:19:22 +04:00
dpkg: add more information link (#4673) 2020-10-13 13:49:56 +03:00			`- List a package's contents:`
Pages: dpkg 2014-04-29 01:19:22 +04:00
			`dpkg -L {{package_name}}`
Adds dpkg note for finding which package owns a file 2016-11-25 20:08:18 +03:00
dpkg: add -c option (list local deb file contents) Add example for listing package contents of a downloaded `.deb` file, because `dpkg -L` only works with the `apt` name of the package (and only when installed). 2018-09-03 13:28:06 +03:00			`- List contents of a local package file:`

			`dpkg -c {{path/to/file.deb}}`

dpkg: Fix travis errors (#1223) 2017-01-02 20:36:30 +03:00			`- Find out which package owns a file:`
Adds dpkg note for finding which package owns a file 2016-11-25 20:08:18 +03:00
Change all occurrences of file_name to filename (#4059) 2020-05-22 15:31:24 +03:00			`dpkg -S {{filename}}`