dpkg

Low-level Debian package installer.

dpkg is the foundation of Debian-family package management. It installs, removes, and inspects .deb packages, but does not resolve dependencies — that is the job of APT, aptitude, or apt-get. Direct dpkg -i use is common when installing manually-downloaded .deb files.

Together with APT it underlies installation on Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Raspberry Pi OS, and many others.

License: GPL-2.0

Category: Package manager

Website: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg

Install

Ships with every Debian-family distribution.

Authors

Ian Murdock (original author)
Debian dpkg team

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