package manager for Debian NAME dpkg - package manager for Debian SYNOPSIS dpkg [ option ...] action WARNING This manual is in...works around known dpkg limitations in maintainer scripts NAME dpkg-maintscript-helper - works around known dpkg...a tool to query the dpkg database NAME dpkg-query - a tool to query the dpkg database SYNOPSIS dpkg-query [ option...print the resolved pathname with DPKG_ROOT support NAME dpkg-realpath - print the resolved pathname with DPKG_ROOT support SYNO...dpkg configuration file NAME dpkg.cfg - dpkg configuration file DESCRIPTION This file contains...Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool NAME dpkg-deb - Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool SYNOPSIS dpkg-deb [ option ...] com...override a package's version of a file NAME dpkg-divert - override a package's version of a file SYNOPSIS dpkg-divert [ option ...] comman...let packages ask questions prior to their installation NAME dpkg-preconfigure - let packages ask questions prior to their installation SYNOPSIS dpkg-preco...reconfigure an already installed package NAME dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package SYNOPSIS dpkg-reconfigure [options...Debian package archive split/join tool NAME dpkg-split - Debian package archive split/join tool SYNOPSIS dpkg-split [ option ...] command...override ownership and mode of files NAME dpkg-statoverride - override ownership and mode of files SYNOPSIS dpkg-statoverride [ option ....a package trigger utility NAME dpkg-trigger - a package trigger utility SYNOPSIS dpkg-trigger [ option ...] trigger-name dpkg......otes followed by a semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, separated by a semicolon. DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; In general the sample co…...D_HELPER_DEBUG=1, deb-systemd-helper will print debug messages to stderr (thus visible in dpkg runs). Please include these when filing a bugreport. DPKG_ROOT Instead of working …...ASCII minus-hyphens. If the --lsbsysinit option is given, then the names must not end in .dpkg-old or .dpkg-dist or .dpkg-new or .dpkg-tmp, and must belong to one or more of the…...d is not the usual way that debconf is used. It's more typical for debconf to be used via dpkg-preconfigure (8) or dpkg-reconfigure (8). OPTIONS -o package , --owner= package Te…...ives , containing the symlinks. administrative directory A directory, by default /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives , containing update-alternatives ' state information. link group A se…...package, such as marking a package as being automatically/manually installed or changing dpkg selections such as hold, install, deinstall and purge which are respected e.g. by a…...preserving user changes and in general offering the same facilities while upgrading that dpkg normally provides for “conffiles” . Additionally, this script provides facilities f…...ball from an installed module. *On Debian system, core and vendor modules are managed by "dpkg" . SEE ALSO ExtUtils::Installed