Dpkg is used to manage software management in debian or to install .deb packages. One can view what packages are installed on the system or get information about a package using dpkg. It is very simple and straight forward. Dpkg is like rpm (redhat package manager ) but used in debian like systems. Here is a small list of useful options that make you life peaceful while dealing with installation of .deb packages.
Dpkg Cheat Sheet.
| Syntax | Description | example |
| dpkg -i package-name.deb |
Install a new package or upgrade an existing package |
dpkg -i AdobeReader.deb |
| dpkg -r package-name | remove/delete a package leaving configuration files |
dpkg -r d4x |
| dpkg -P package-name | remove/delete a package and all the configuration files |
dpkg -P d4x |
| dpkg -R directory |
Install packages from a particular directory recursively. |
dpkr -R /root/debpackages/ |
| dpkg -l | lists all packages installed with description and version information |
dpkg -l
dpkg -l|less |
| dpkg -l package-name | List individual installed packages, along with package version,status of the package and short description. The output format is same as dpkg -l |
dpkg -l d4x |
| dpkg -L package-name | Lists where the files that come with the package are installed. |
dpkg -L d4x |
| dkpg -c package.deb | List all the files that are copied or installed in the system with the place where they are installed |
dpkg -c gimp-1.1_i386.deb |
| dpkg -S /path-to-file |
Lists which package owns the file. |
dpkg -S /usr/bin/acroread |
| dpkg -s package-name
or dpkg -s package| grep Status |
gives the status of the package and other information like Package, Status, Priority, Section (category of package), |
dpkg -s d4x
or dpkg -s d4x|grep Status |
| dpkg -p package-name | Gives the information about a package.Package, Priority, Section (category of package), Installed-Size, Maintainer, Architecture, Version, Dependencies & Description |
dpkg -p d4x |
Output for dkpg -l|more
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Output for dpkg -l *d4x*
the output for dpkg -l d4x also will be like below but only
information for d4x package is displayed
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Output for dpkg -L d4x
will be like
| /.
/usr /usr/share /usr/share/pixmaps /usr/share/pixmaps/nt.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/nt.png /usr/share/locale /usr/share/locale/ca /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/d4x.mo /usr/share/locale/zh_CN /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/d4x.mo /usr/share/locale/de /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/d4x.mo /usr/share/locale/ru /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/d4x.mo /usr/share/locale/bg /usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES –More– |
output for dpkg -S
/usr/bin/acroread
| adobereader-enu: /usr/bin/acroread |
| Package: d4x Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 2028 Maintainer: Debian QA Group Version: 2.5.7.1-5 Depends: libao2 (>= 0.8.8), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.2), libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, d4x-common (= 2.5.7.1-5) Description: graphical download manager Downloader for X is a powerful graphical download manager. It supports both HTTP(S) and FTP protocols and has nice graphical user interface, though some actions can also be performed using the command line. . Among others, its key features include proxy and SOCKS5 support, recursive downloading, wildcard matching, download scheduler, multiple download queues and more… . Homepage: http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ |
| Package: comix Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 1416 Maintainer: Emfox Zhou Architecture: all Version: 3.6.4-1.1 Depends: gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2), python (>= 2.3), python-gtk2 (>= 2.8), python-imaging (>= 1.1.4) Suggests: libjpeg-progs, unrar Size: 234988 Description: GTK Comic Book Viewer Comix is a comic book viewer. It reads zip, rar, tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 archives (often called .cbz, .cbr and .cbt) as well as normal image files. It is written in Python and has a simple user interface using PyGTK. . Main Features: . * Fullscreen mode. * Double page mode. * Fit-to-screen mode. * Zooming and scrolling. * Rotation and mirroring. * Magnification lens. * Changeable image scaling quality. * Image enhancement. * Can read right-to-left to fit manga etc. * Caching for faster page flipping. * Bookmarks support. * Customizable GUI. * Archive comments support. * Archive converter. * Thumbnail browser. * Standards compliant. * Translated to English, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and German. * Reads the JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, ICO, XPM and XBM image formats. * Reads ZIP and tar archives natively, and RAR archives through the unrar program. * Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and virtually any other UNIX-like OS. * More! |