Command for where the individual files are for a deb package

farpoint · 06-08-2006, 01:54 PM

Hi. Using rpm, on Fedora for instance, I can use.
rpm -q -l <filename> to see the location of all the files for a specific package. Is there a similar command I can use to see where a specific deb packages files have been installed?

Nigel. aka farpoint.

nx5000 · 06-09-2006, 02:44 AM

You have several methods available:

Code:

dlocate <package>  <- what I use in general, very fast
dpkg -L <package>

If the package is not installed but you still want to know which files it contains:

Code:

apt-file list <package>

I think apt-file is not standard, you have to install it. You also have to update its database by

Code:

apt-file update

farpoint · 06-09-2006, 06:29 AM

Hi. Thanks for that. It's just what I was looking for. I installed apt-file as well, but havn't tried it yet, as apt-file update is DL'ing 8+MB of data. (on dialup)

Nigel.