dpkg dpkg is a package maintenance utility for Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu.
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dpkg is a package maintenance utility for Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu. dpkg is a package maintenance utility for Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu.This package contains the low-level commands for handling the installation and removal of packages on your system.In order to unpack and build Debian source packages you will need to install the developers' package `dpkg-dev' as well as this one.dpkg itself is a low level tool; higher level tools, such as APT, are used to fetch packages from remote locations or deal with complex package relations. End users are encouraged to use tools like aptitude or synaptic, having a more sophisticated way of dealing with package relationships and a friendlier interface.The Debian package "dpkg" provides the dpkg program, as well as several others necessary for run-time functioning of the packaging system, including dpkg-statoverride, dpkg-divert and update-alternatives. It also includes the programs such as start-stop-daemon and install-info, and the latter is kept mostly due to backwards compatibility (it is developed and distributed separately nowadays). The Debian package "dpkg-dev" includes the numerous build tools described below.Example use:To install a .deb package:dpkg -i deb file nameThe list of installed packages can be obtained with:dpkg -l To remove an installed package:dpkg -r package name

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