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dpkg (1994) is a package management software used among others by Debian operating system. It can be used to install, remove, and provide information about .deb packages.

dpkg --help

New package configurations will append a *.dpkg-old OR *.dpkg-dist.

Basic dpkg commands[edit]

Install a .deb package:
- dpkg -i filename.deb
- dpkg -i -E filename.deb ( -E, --skip-same-version)

Remove an installed package:
- dpkg -r package_name

Get Information about a package
- dpkg -s package_name (-s --status). See also: apt-cache policy package_name

List installed packages in your computer can be obtained with:
- dpkg -l [optional pattern]
List files in a package:
- dpkg -L package_name
- dpkg-query -L package_name

Find package owner of a file:
- dpkg -S `which file_to_search` (-S Search)

List content of a package, content can be extracted suing ar command:
- dpkg -c /path/to/package_name.deb

Get a list of recently installed packages
- zcat -f /var/log/dpkg.log* | grep "\ install\ " | sort

Get a list of recently upgraded packages
- zcat -f /var/log/dpkg.log* | grep "\ upgrade\ " | sort

Get a list of recently installed or upgraded packages
- zcat -f /var/log/dpkg.log* | egrep "\ install\ |\ upgrade\ " | sort -nk1

dpkg --configure -a^[1]

dpkg-reconfigure, dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server

Example Outputs of dpkg commands[edit]

dpkg --status sysstat or dpkg -s sysstat

Activities[edit]

Basic[edit]

Read apt and snap page
Install a package using dkpg
Understand differences between apt and dpkg

Advanced[edit]

Read uscanhttps://manpages.debian.org/buster/devscripts/uscan.1.en.html and https://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch to understand how new packages are generated: https://manpages.debian.org/buster/devscripts/uscan.1.en.html
Learn about dpkg -V and dpkg -C options

See Also[edit]

APT: wajig, apt-cache, add-apt-repository PPA, apt [ install | remove |purge | show | list | changelog | update | upgrade], do-release-upgrade, apt-mark, apt full-upgrade, sources.list, APT Automatic updates, unattended-upgrade, apt-transport-https, apt-get update, /etc/apt/, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades, apt-file, apt-utils
Package managers: dpkg, APT, RPM, YUM, DNF, homebrew, pkgutil, opkg, Helm, pkg and snap, npm, Aptitude, alien, Conan, CRAN, Chocolatey, NuGet, PackageKit, Wajig, pacman, PIP, Apache Ivy, List packages, List files in packages, Spack
dpkg, dpkg-query, update-alternatives^[2], ar, debsums, dpkg -V, dpkg -S, dpkg -L, dpkg --configure -a, wajig, dpkg -i -E , dpkg --help, dpkg-source-gitarchive
Snap: snap, snapd, snapctl, snapcraft, snap: [list | install |find | info | services | start| stop | remove | refresh | set | logs ] snapd | snap list | snap version | snap find aws | snap --help ]
wikipedia:Deb_(file_format) to understand .deb internal format an included files: preinst, postinst, prerm and postrm.
wikipedia:apt-file to view the contents of debian packages on remote repositories

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[1] ttps://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-fix-e-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock-error-on-ubuntu/

[2] ttps://linux.die.net/man/8/update-alternatives

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-<code>[[Wikipedia:dpkg|dpkg]]</code> is a [[package management]] software used among others by Debian operating system. It can be used to install, remove, and provide information about .deb packages.
+{{lowercase}}
+<code>[[Wikipedia:dpkg|dpkg]]</code> ([[1994]]) is a [[package management]] software used among others by Debian operating system. It can be used to install, remove, and provide information about <code>[[.deb]]</code> packages.
+* <code>[[dpkg --help]]</code>
 New package configurations will append a *.dpkg-old OR *.dpkg-dist.
@@ Line 6: / Line 9: @@
 * Install a .deb package:
 ** <code>dpkg -i ''filename.deb''</code>
+** <code>dpkg -i -E ''filename.deb''</code> ( <code>-E, [[--skip-same-version]]</code>)
 * Remove an installed package:
 ** <code>dpkg -r ''package_name''</code>
 * Get Information about a package
-** <code>dpkg -s ''package_name''</code> (-s status). See also: <code>[[apt-cache]] policy package_name</code>
+** <code>[[dpkg -s]] ''package_name''</code> (<code>-s --status</code>). See also: <code>[[apt-cache]] policy package_name</code>
-* List of installed packages in your computer can be obtained with:
+* [[List installed packages]] in your computer can be obtained with:
-** <code> dpkg -l ''[optional pattern]''</code>
+** <code> [[dpkg -l]] ''[optional pattern]''</code>
 * List files in a package:
-** <code>dpkg -L ''package_name''</code>
+** <code>[[dpkg -L]] ''package_name''</code>
 ** <code>[[dpkg-query]] -L ''package_name''</code>
@@ Line 21: / Line 26: @@
 ** <code>dpkg -S `which file_to_search`</code> (-S Search)
-* List content of a package, content can be extracted suing <code>ar</code> command:
+* List content of a package, content can be extracted suing <code>[[ar]]</code> command:
 ** <code>dpkg -c /path/to/package_name.deb</code>
-* Get a list of recently installed packages
+{{dpkg changes}}
-** <code>zcat -f /var/log/dpkg.log* | grep "\ install\ " | sort</code>
-* Get a list of recently upgraded packages
-** <code>zcat -f /var/log/dpkg.log* | grep "\ upgrade\ " | sort</code>
-* Get a list of recently installed or upgraded packages
+* <code>[[dpkg --configure -a]]</code><ref> https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-fix-e-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock-error-on-ubuntu/</ref>
-**<code>zcat -f /var/log/dpkg.log* | egrep "\ install\ |\ upgrade\ " | sort -nk1</code>
-* <code>dpkg --configure -a</code><ref> https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-fix-e-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock-error-on-ubuntu/</ref>
+* <code>[[dpkg-reconfigure]]</code>, <code>[[dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server]]</code>
 === Example Outputs of dpkg commands ===
-* <code>dpkg --status [[sysstat]]</code> or <code>dpkg -s [[sysstat]]</code>
+* <code>[[dpkg --status]] [[sysstat]]</code> or <code>dpkg -s [[sysstat]]</code>
-<pre>
-Package: sysstat
-Status: install ok installed
-Priority: optional
-Section: admin
-Installed-Size: 1336
-Maintainer: Robert Luberda <[email protected]>
-Architecture: amd64
-Version: 11.4.3-2
-Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), ucf (>= 2.003), xz-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), libsensors4 (>= 1:3.0.0)
-Recommends: cron | cron-daemon
-Suggests: isag
-Conffiles:
- /etc/cron.d/sysstat 455c3c071b6daabb4e4490828975034c
- /etc/cron.daily/sysstat 19b1317e195208eed1a0bcd68be2e637
- /etc/init.d/sysstat 577050178b0105b10118acfe3335de3f
- /etc/sysstat/sysstat ca4bb64ec3044408fed750d0d3d7769a
- /etc/sysstat/sysstat.ioconf fa92b01baa2130e26822c30fb27ac56e
-Description: system performance tools for Linux
- The sysstat package contains the following system performance tools:
-  - sar: collects and reports system activity information;
-  - iostat: reports CPU utilization and disk I/O statistics;
-  - tapestat: reports statistics for tapes connected to the system;
-  - mpstat: reports global and per-processor statistics;
-  - pidstat: reports statistics for Linux tasks (processes);
-  - sadf: displays data collected by sar in various formats;
-  - cifsiostat: reports I/O statistics for CIFS filesystems.
- .
- The statistics reported by sar deal with I/O transfer rates,
- paging activity, process-related activities, interrupts,
- network activity, memory and swap space utilization, CPU
- utilization, kernel activities and TTY statistics, among
- others. Both UP and SMP machines are fully supported.
-Homepage: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/
-</pre>
 == Activities ==
 ===Basic===
-# Read [[apt]] and <code>[[snap]]</code> page
+# Read <code>[[apt]]</code> and <code>[[snap]]</code> page
 # Install a package using [[dkpg]]
 # Understand differences between apt and dpkg
@@ Line 81: / Line 46: @@
 === Advanced ===
 # Read <code>uscan</code>https://manpages.debian.org/buster/devscripts/uscan.1.en.html and https://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch to understand how new packages are generated: https://manpages.debian.org/buster/devscripts/uscan.1.en.html
+# Learn about <code>[[dpkg -V]]</code> and [[dpkg -C]]</code> options
 == See Also ==
-* <code>[[apt]]</code>, [[snap]] and [[RPM]] (Linux)
+* {{apt}}
-* [[Wikipedia:dpkg]]
+* {{package managers}}
-* [[Wikipedia:APT (Debian)]]
+* {{dpkg}}
-* [[w:Deb_(file_format)]] to understand ''.deb'' internal format an included files: ''preinst, postinst, prerm and postrm.''
+* {{snap}}
-* [[pkgutil]] ([[MacOS]])
+* [[wikipedia:Deb_(file_format)]] to understand ''.deb'' internal format an included files: ''preinst, postinst, prerm and postrm.''
-* [[brew]] ([[MacOS]]), command of the [[Homebrew]] package management software [[w:Homebrew (package management software)]]
+* [[wikipedia:apt-file]] to view the contents of debian packages on remote repositories
-* [[pkg]] ([[FreeBSD]])
-* [[w:apt-file]] to view the contents of debian packages on remote repositories
 {{CC license}}. Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux_server_administration/dpkg
+[[Category:dpkg]]
 [[Category:Server administration]]
 [[Category:Operating systems]]
 [[Category:Linux]]

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