dpkg Command Examples

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}}