dpkg

Debian package manager. Some subcommands such as deb have their own usage documentation. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information: https://manned.org/dpkg.

• Install a package:

dpkg -i path/to/file.deb

• Remove a package:

dpkg -r package

• List installed packages:

dpkg -l pattern

• List a package’s contents:

dpkg -L package

• List contents of a local package file:

dpkg -c path/to/file.deb

• Find out which package owns a file:

dpkg -S path/to/file

• Purge an installed or already removed package, including configuration:

dpkg -P package