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This is just a quick personal cheat sheet: treat its contents with caution!

dpkg

dpkg (Debian package manager), is a tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages. The primary and more user-friendly front end for dpkg is apt.

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Use

  • Check if packagename is installed: 

    $ dpkg-query -l packagename
or
$ dpkg -s packagename

  • Find what package owns a command: 

    $ dpkg -S `which <command>`

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