19 Mar 2008 dpkg command cheatsheet
| Syntax | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| dpkg -i {.deb package} | Install the package | dpkg -i zip_2.31-3_i386.deb |
| dpkg -i {.deb package} | Upgrade package if it is installed else install a fresh copy of package | dpkg -i zip_2.31-3_i386.deb |
| dpkg -R {Directory-name} | Install all packages recursively from directory | dpkg -R /tmp/downloads |
| dpkg -r {package} | Remove/Delete an installed package except configuration files | dpkg -r zip |
| dpkg -P {package} | Remove/Delete everything including configuration files | dpkg -P apache-perl |
| dpkg -l | List all installed packages, along with package version and short description | dpkg -l dokg -l | less dpkg -l ‘*apache*’ dpkg -l | grep -i ‘sudo’ |
| dpkg -l {package} | List individual installed packages, along with package version and short description | dpkg -l apache-perl |
| dpkg -L {package} | Find out files are provided by the installed package i.e. list where files were installed | dpkg -L apache-perl dpkg -L perl |
| dpkg -c {.Deb package} | List files provided (or owned) by the package i.e. List all files inside debian .deb package file, very useful to find where files would be installed | dpkg -c dc_1.06-19_i386.deb |
| dpkg -S {/path/to/file} | Find what package owns the file i.e. find out what package does file belong | dpkg -S /bin/netstat dpkg -S /sbin/ippool |
| dpkg -p {package} | Display details about package package group, version, maintainer, Architecture, display depends packages, description etc | dpkg -p lsof |
| dpkg -s {package} | grep Status | Find out if Debian package is installed or not (status) | dpkg -s lsof | grep Status |
{package} – Replace with actual package name
Tags: cheatsheet, Debian, dpkg, Ubuntu
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
26 Sep 2007 Advanced APT user tricks
Debian/Ubuntu apt-get tricks.
Basics
Install software
apt-get install foobar
Search software
apt-cache search foobar
You can query files to see which packages own them, or query packages to see which files own them.
Installing apt-file
apt-get install apt-file
Build apt-get file information cache
apt-file update
Query through the packages to determine which package contains the file
apt-file search mysqld
Query the other way around, you know the package name and would like info about all the files which are provided by a given pacage:
apt-file list mysqld
List all installed software/packages
dpkg --get-selections > software.txt
That will save your installed list to a file called software.txt. That list is every piece of software required to reproduce the state your PC is currently in.
Another way to get a full list of installed software is to run the command
dpkg --list
To restore a PC the list above
# dpkg --set-selections < software.txt # apt-get dselect-upgrade
Clearing up space
Delete archived packages that are considered old.
# apt-get autoclean
Delete all archieved packages
# apt-get clean
Remove every file from a package
apt-get remove foobar --purge
Tags: apt-cache, apt-file, apt-get, Debian, dpkg, Ubuntu
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
30 Apr 2007 Finding which package contains a file in Debian
There are times when you’re looking for a particular library, or file, which you know is available to Debian/Ubuntu but you cannot find the package which contains it. This is the kind of job that the Debian packages site helped with in the past, but given its current unavailability we’ll look at another approach. (more…)
Tags: apt-file, apt-get, Debian, dpkg, Ubuntu
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
27 Apr 2007 Howto duplicate a Debian setup
This post describes howto reinstall or duplicate a Debian or Debian based distribution like Ubuntu.
First we need to extract the installed packages on the source server and save them in a file
debian:~# dpkg --get-selections >> packages
Now we move to the target server and set the package selections according to the package file we just created on the source machine.
debian:~# dpkg --set-selections < < packages
Now we just need to run this in order to actually install the packages.
debian:~# apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
