commands.sh

dpkg-query

linux

Display information about installed packages.

More info →

Options (4)

-l, --listboolean

List all installed packages

Example: dpkg-query {{[-l|--list]}}
-L, --listfilesboolean

List all files installed by a package

Example: dpkg-query {{[-L|--listfiles]}} {{libc6}}
-s, --statusboolean

Show information about a package

Example: dpkg-query {{[-s|--status]}} {{libc6}}
-S, --searchboolean

Search for packages that own files matching a pattern

Example: dpkg-query {{[-S|--search]}} {{/etc/ld.so.conf.d}}

Examples (5)

List all installed packages

dpkg-query [-l|--list]

List installed packages matching a pattern

dpkg-query [-l|--list] 'libc6*'

List all files installed by a package

dpkg-query [-L|--listfiles] libc6

Show information about a package

dpkg-query [-s|--status] libc6

Search for packages that own files matching a pattern

dpkg-query [-S|--search] /etc/ld.so.conf.d
made by @shridhargupta | data from tldr-pages