How do I get a list of files that were or will-be installed when I apt-get a package? Conversely, can I find what package(s) caused a particular file to be installed?
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Similar on SU superuser.com/questions/82923/… on Ubuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/32507/… – Ciro Santilli 新疆再教育营六四事件法轮功郝海东 May 12 '15 at 10:56
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Note: in the following commands, a command beginning with 'root#' means it needs to be run as root.
To find which files were installed by a package, use dpkg -L:
$ dpkg -L $package
apt-file can tell you which files will be installed by a package before installing it:
root# apt-get install apt-file
root# apt-file update
$ apt-file list $package
Or if you have the package as a .deb file locally already, you can run dpkg on it:
$ dpkg --contents $package.deb
To find which package provides a file that is already on your system, use:
$ dpkg -S /path/to/file
To find which package provides a file that is not currently on your system, use apt-file again:
$ apt-file search /path/to/file
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7Keep in mind that while this will get you most of what you need it will not give you everything. Several packages create configuration files as part of their setup scripts. These files will not be reported by dpkg. – Zoredache Dec 23 '09 at 17:33
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2The dollar is meant to be understood as a variable, meaning you need to replace
$packagewith the actual name of the package. – raphink Jan 15 '17 at 23:37 -
1conffiles of a package (if any) are listed by command
dpkg --status $package. For the reverse operation usegrep $filename /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.conffiles. – Uwe Geuder Mar 8 '18 at 17:38 -
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1@samshers,
apt-file updatecommand populates the db whichapt-fileuses for searches. – Victor Yarema Oct 28 '20 at 19:49
dpkg -S /path/to/file/in/question
As far as I'm concerned, dpkg is the low-level tool that apt-get depends on.
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Yes, dpkg is the command that adds and removes software and files from you mcomputer. apt (incl. Apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, etc.) is the programme that calls dpkg – Rory May 9 '10 at 12:06
If you have installed dlocate, you can use dlocate -L the same way as dpkg -L. It works exactly the same in this case, but has a number of other options.
Here is a function that should do it for you.
apt_list ()
{
apt-get download -o Dir::Cache::archives="./" --print-uris "$@" |awk -F\' '{print $2}' | xargs -I '{}' curl -skL '{}' | dpkg-deb -c /dev/stdin
}
Then use apt_list <package name>
As for reverse checking files from packages apt-file would be the best bet.
