Help for GNUIT's DPKG Commands Note: Commands expecting package names can be given .deb files, the package names will be extracted from the debs. Command Keys Argument Description ------- -------- ----------- DPKG-INSTALL ^C ^D i .deb files installs binary packages ^C ^D R i directories (recursive) DPKG-UNPACK ^C ^D u .deb files unpacks binary packages ^C ^D R u directories (recursive) DPKG-CONFIGURE ^C ^D C package names configure unpacked packages DPKG-REMOVE ^C ^D r package names remove installed packages from system DPKG-PURGE ^C ^D P package names purge installed packages from system DPKG-RECORDAVAIL ^C ^D A .deb files record binary packages in available file ^C ^D R A directories (recursive) DPKG-CONTENTS ^C ^D c .deb file list contents of a binary package DPKG-FIELD ^C ^D f .deb file [fields] show control fields in a binary package DPKG-INFO ^C ^D I .deb file information about a binary package DPKG-LISTPKGS ^C ^D l package names list installed packages DPKG-STATUS ^C ^D s package names status of installed packages DPKG-LISTFILES ^C ^D L package names list files owned by installed packages DPKG-SEARCH ^C ^D S file path search for package owning a file DPKG-PRINTAVAIL ^C ^D p package names details of package in available file