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Chapter 9 . Running Debian GNU/Linux 319 The quotes are used to prevent the shell from replacing the wildcard with a list of matching files in the current directory. For more information about wildcards, see Chapter 2 or type man 7 glob to see a list of wildcards. To view detailed information about a specific package, use the -s or –status command: $ dpkg –status lsof Package: lsof Status: install ok installed Priority: standard Section: utils … The origin package for a file can be determined using the -S or –search command: $ dpkg –search /bin/ls coreutils: /bin/ls The list of files in an installed package can be viewed using the -L or –listfiles command: $ dpkg –listfiles lsof /. /usr /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/bin/lsof … Examining a Package File Package files can be examined before installing them using either the –info (-I) or the –contents (-c) command. These options can be used on packages in a local directory, as opposed to using them to examine packages on a remote server. The following –info option shows the lsof package name, version information, and sizes of different parts of the package. Beyond that (although shortened here for space considerations) you would be able to see a list of packages lsof depends on and descriptive information about the package. $ dpkg –info lsof_4.71-1_i386.deb new debian package, version 2.0. size 319058 bytes: control archive= 1534 bytes. 557 bytes, 16 lines control 2246 bytes, 32 lines md5sums Package: lsof Version: 4.71-1 … Note
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