Re: using dpkg to "see" the contents of a package
On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Tim Ferrell wrote:
> I am new to Debian, so this may be a somewhat stupid question... Is
> there a way to use dpkg to list the contents, etc. of a package that is
> not installed? I like to see what it is I am installing first, and when
> I used rpm I could query the contents first. Is there a dpkg equivalent?
As it was said before: dpkg --contents , but this is rather hidden in
dpkg --help
I heavily use mc to enter a deb package. Then I can even examine the
contents of the files inside without the need of dpkg --extract. It is
pretty neat.
Ciao,
Martin
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