dpkg.md

dpkg cheat sheet

Table of contents

• Install and Uninstall
• Additional information
• Installed information

Install and Uninstall

# install
sudo dpkg -i <.deb>
# remove everything
sudo dpkg --purge <deb>
# force whole removal
sudo dpkg --purge --force-all <deb>

Additional information

# informaiton
dpkg -I <.deb>
# display content
dpkg -c <.deb>
# unzip
dpkg --extract <.deb> <name>

Installed information

# list all
dpkg -l
# localize
dpkg -L <deb>
# status
dpkg -s <deb>
# search
dpkg -S <deb>