Use dpkg-query, this command is precisely intended to what you need: request on packages data‑base. A quick man dpkg-query will tell you more, however, you may try dpkg-query --list …

Aug 9, 2012 · sudo dpkg --configure -a For a great tutorial that focuses on dpkg and apt-get, see chapters 5 and 6 of the Debian Handbook, which is the best discussion available. Enter man …

Mar 29, 2011 · dpkg-query -L <package_name> To see the files a .deb file will install. dpkg-deb -c <package_name.deb> To see the files contained in a package NOT installed, do this once (if …

See man dpkg-query Upper case letters shown in the alternatives after equals sign in the three first lines in the legend are the letters possibly shown shown as the first three characters in the …

Say, I have foo-1.2.3.deb which depends on perl and python, however, running command: dpkg -i ./foo-1.2.3.deb won't install these dependencies. So I must apt-get install perl python by hand. …

Jul 21, 2016 · run sudo dpkg --configure --pending to catch the few packages for which step #3 was insufficient. However, I do wonder if perhaps step #4 is the only step that's actually …

Aug 26, 2014 · dpkg is very low-level, and apt isn't particularly smart. So if package configuration was interrupted, apt tells you to descend to the lower level to fix it. Note that apt may not be …

Jul 31, 2016 · dpkg didn't let me remove this in WLS Ubuntu 22.04 because it was an essential package, so I had to use dpkg --remove and --purge with "--force-depends --force-remove …

Jan 19, 2011 · sudo dpkg -r --force-all 'some_bad_package' but in very many cases that won't help at all. Neither will it help in case of dpkg breakage to try any of the GUI tools like synaptic …

Mar 11, 2021 · dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. I ran the sudo dpkg --configure -a and a bunch of random things started …