Dpkg

Debian package (manager) (also see apt-get,aptitude)

dpkg-deb-actions

dpkg -b | --build directory [filename]

Build a deb package.

dpkg -c | --contents filename

List contents of a deb package.

dpkg -e | --control filename [directory]

Extract control-information from a package.

dpkg -x | --extract filename directory

Extract the files contained by package.

dpkg -f | --field  filename [control-field] ...

Display control field(s) of a package.

dpkg --fsys-tarfile filename

Display the filesystem tar-file contained by a Debian package.

dpkg -I | --info filename [control-file]

Show information about a package.

dpkg -X | --vextract filename directory

Extract and display the filenames contained by a package.

dpkg-query-actions

dpkg -l | --list package-name-pattern ...

List packages matching given pattern.

dpkg -s | --status package-name ...

Report status of specified package.

dpkg -L | --listfiles package ...

List files installed to your system from package.

dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ...

Search for a filename from installed packages.

dpkg -p | --print-avail package

Display details about package, as found in /var/lib/dpkg/available.

• dpkg manpage

• http://www.dpkg.org/