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# dpkg -i [package.deb]

install / upgrade a deb package

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# dpkg -r [package]

remove a deb package from the system

# dpkg -l

show all deb packages installed on the system

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# dpkg -l | grep httpd

show all deb packages with the name "httpd"

# dpkg -s [package]

obtain information on a specific package installed on


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# dpkg -L [package]

show list of files provided by a package installed on system


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# dpkg --contents [package.deb]

show list of files provided by a package not yet installed


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# dpkg -S /bin/ping

verify which package belongs to a given file

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System information - Shutdown, Restart and Logout of a system - Files and Directory - File search - Mounting a
Filesystem - Disk Space - Users and Groups - Permits on Files - Special Attributes on files - Archives and compressed
files - RPM Packages ( Fedora, Red Hat and like) - YUM packages tool (Fedora, RedHat and alike) - DEB packages
(Debian, Ubuntu and like) - APT packages tool (Debian, Ubuntu and alike) - View file content - Text Manipulation Character set and Format file conversion - Filesystem Analysis - Format a Filesystem - Filesystem SWAP - Backup CDROM - Networking (LAN / WiFi) - Microsoft Windows networks (samba) - IPTABLES (firewall) - Monitoring and
debugging - Other useful commands - Pacman packages tool (Arch, Frugalware and alike) -

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