====== dpkg ======

  * [[Ubuntu]]
  * [[apt-get]]
  * [[aptitude]]

== Install a .deb file ==

<code>
dpkg -i dropbox_2015.10.28_amd64.deb
</code>

== Display installed packages ==

<code>dpkg --get-selections</code>

== Display files installed by a package ==

<code>dpkg -L <package></code>

== Display installed version of a package ==

<code>dpkg -s <package></code>

== Find package owner for a file ==

<code>
dpkg -S /bin/bash
</code>

== Reinstall files from a package ==

May be needed when you delete a vanilla configuration file:

<code>
apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" install --reinstall <package>
</code>

== Force remove package in inconsistent state ==

<code>
dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <package>
</code>