Package Management (dpkg)


 
Installation
dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.18-4-i686.deb

Removal
dpkg --purge linux-image-2.6.18-4

queries (list of all packages)
dpkg -l '*'
dpkg -l '*kernel*'

List files in the package
dpkg -L  ncurses-term

Info on a package
dpkg -s ncurses-term

To find out what package owns the file 
dpkg -S ncurses-term

Sec. 24.2 contains more examples of using dpkg






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