Tag: dpkg

dpkg command cheatsheet Syntax <th> <strong>Description</strong> </th> <th> <strong>Example</strong> </th> dpkg -i {.deb package} <td>...

Advanced APT user tricks Debian/Ubuntu apt-get tricks. Basics Install software apt-get install foobar Search software apt-cache search foobar You can query files to see which packages own them, or...

Finding which package contains a file in Debian There are times when you’re looking for a particular library, or file, which you know is available to Debian/Ubuntu but you cannot find the package which contains it. This is...

Howto duplicate a Debian setup This post describes howto reinstall or duplicate a Debian or Debian based distribution like Ubuntu. First we need to extract the installed packages on the source server and...