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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_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}}