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dpkg-deb

The dpkg-deb command is a software package management tool for Debian Linux. It can perform packaging and unpackaging operations on software packages and provide package information.

Syntax​

  dpkg-deb [<option> ...] <command>

Command Description​

The dpkg-deb command not only has options to set, but also requires a command to execute different functions.

  • -b: Create a Debian software package.
  • -c: Display the file list in the package.
  • -e: Extract the control information.
  • -f: Print field contents to standard output.
  • -x: Extract files from the package to the specified directory.
  • -X: Extract files from the package to the specified directory and display the detailed process of extraction.
  • -w: Display package information.
  • -l: Display detailed package information.
  • -R: Extract control information and archive manifest file.

Option Description​

  • -v, --verbose: Enable verbose output.
  • -D, --debug: Enable debug output.
    • --showformat=<format>: Use alternative format for --show.
    • --deb-format=<format>: Choose archive format. Allowed values are 0.939000, 2.0 (default).
    • --nocheck: Disable control file checking (build bad packages).
    • --root-owner-group: Force file owner and group to be root.
    • --[no-]uniform-compression: Use compression parameters on all members. If specified, uniform compression parameters will be used.
  • -z#: Set compression level during build.
  • -Z<type>: Set compression type to be used during build. Allowed types are gzip, xz, zstd, none.
  • -S<strategy>: Set compression strategy during build. Allowed values are none, extreme (xz), filtered, huffman, rle, fixed (gzip).

Common Commands​

  • Extract program files
dpkg-deb -x hobot-configs_2.2.0-20231030133209_arm64.deb
  • Extract control files
dpkg-deb -e hobot-configs_2.2.0-20231030133209_arm64.deb hobot-configs/DEBIAN
  • Query the content of the deb package
dpkg-deb -c hobot-configs_2.2.0-20231030133209_arm64.deb