dpkg-deb

Pack, unpack and provide information about Debian archives. More information: https://manned.org/dpkg-deb.

• Display information about a package:

dpkg-deb --info path/to/file.deb

• Display the package’s name and version on one line:

dpkg-deb --show path/to/file.deb

• List the package’s contents:

dpkg-deb --contents path/to/file.deb

• Extract package’s contents into a directory:

dpkg-deb --extract path/to/file.deb path/to/directory

• Create a package from a specified directory:

dpkg-deb --build path/to/directory