dpkg
Debian package manager.
Some subcommands such as deb
have their own usage documentation.
For equivalent commands in other package managers, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta.
More information: https://manned.org/dpkg.
- 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
- Purge an installed or already removed package, including configuration:
dpkg -P
package