dpkg

Question 1

dpkg

Answer 1

dpkg is a tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages.

Question 2

dpkg -i

Answer 2

-i, –install package-file, install the package.

Question 3

dpkg -l

Answer 3

-l, –list package-name-pattern, List packages matching given pattern.

Question 4

dpkg -r

Answer 4

-r, –remove package, Remove an installed package.

Question 5

dpkg -P

Answer 5

-P, –purge package, Purge an installed or already removed package. Removes both the package and configuration file. -r only removes the package.

Question 6

dpkg -c

Answer 6

-c, –contents archive, Lists contents of a deb package.

Question 7

dpkg -s

Answer 7

-s, –status package-name, Report status of specified package.

Question 8

dpkg -L

Answer 8

-L, –listfiles package-name, List files installed to the system from package-name.

Question 9

dpkg -R

dpkg -R –install

Answer 9

• R, –recursive, Recursively handle all regular files matching pattern *.deb in specified directory.
• R –install, Recursively install all packages in specified directory.

Question 10

dpkg –unpack

Answer 10

–unpack package-file, Unpack the package, but don’t configure it.

Question 11

dpkg –configure

Answer 11

–configure package, Configure a package which has been unpacked but not yet configured.

Question 12

dpkg –update-avail

dpkg –merge-avail

Answer 12

Update dpkg’s and dselect’s idea of which packages are available.

–update-avail, Replaces old information with information in the Packages-file.

–merge-avail, Old information is combined with information from the Packages-file.

Question 13

dpkg –clear-avail

Answer 13

–clear-avail, Erase the existing information about what packages are available.

Question 14

dpkg –forget-old-unavail

Answer 14

This option is now obsolete because dpkg will automatically forget uninstalled unavailable packages.

Question 15

dpkg –version

Answer 15

Displays the dpkg version.