dpkg
dpkg is a Linux command in the Package Management category, rated intermediate difficulty. Low-level Debian package manager. Install/remove .deb packages. The syntax is dpkg [options] action package. Key options and parameters: action, package — operation, .deb file. It returns package management output. A practical example: sudo dpkg -i package.deb # Install .deb file dpkg -l # List installed packages dpkg -L nginx # List files in package dpkg -S /usr/bin/ls # Which package owns file A close relative is apt, which package manager for Debian/Ubuntu systems (modern frontend to APT). A close relative is yum, which package manager for RHEL/CentOS 7 and older (replaced by dnf). A close relative is dnf, which modern package manager for Fedora/RHEL/CentOS 8+. Successor to yum. More about this category: Linux package management commands — apt, dnf, pacman, snap, and more. Install, update, and remove software packages. Related Package Management commands: apt, yum, dnf, pacman, snap, apt-get, dpkg-deb, flatpak.