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How to install dpkg library in RHEL-Red Hat/Fedora Linux?

Joys of Programming — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:14:45 +0000

This package contains the tools (including dpkg-source) required to unpack, build and upload Debian source packages. This package also contains the programs dpkg which used to handle the installation and removal of packages on a Debian system. This package also contains dselect, an interface for managing the installation and removal of packages on the system. [...]

How to install dpkg in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:57:12 +0000

This package provides the low-level infrastructure for handling the installation and removal of Debian software packages. For Debian package development tools, install dpkg-dev.(dpkg package description) To install this package in Ubuntu, To know more about this package, you can use dpkg

How to install ruby library for dpkg in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:05:10 +0000

How to install ruby library for dpkg in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:05:06 +0000

It provides Debian::Dpkg and Debian::DpkgDeb modules and Debian::Deb, Debian::Dsc, Debian::Archives, Debian::Sources, Debian::Packages and Debian::Status classes on ruby 1.8. This package depends on the version of libdpkg-ruby built for the default version of ruby.To install this package in Ubuntu,

How to install perl module for dpkg in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:58:16 +0000

This package provides the perl modules used by the scripts in dpkg-dev. They cover a wide range of functionalities. Among them there are the following modules: – Dpkg::Arch: manipulate Debian architecture information – Dpkg::BuildOptions: parse and manipulate DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS – Dpkg::Changelog: parse Debian changelogs – Dpkg::Checksums: generate and parse checksums – Dpkg::Compression::Process: wrapper around compression tools [...]

dpkg tutorial – Package Manager for Ubuntu / Debian

Joys of Programming — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:49:33 +0000

dpkg or the debian package manager is package manager for debian and other debian based Linux distributions like Ubuntu. dpkg can be used for a variety of purposes Installation of packages Removal of packages Knowing the current state of a package Cloning a machine Let’s see how each of these can be done using dpkg. [...]

How to find the installed packages in your Ubuntu machine?

Joys of Programming — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:05:39 +0000

Before moving further, go through Understanding the state of a package. If the state of a package is “ii“, the package is installed. With this logic, we can find the installed packages in the system $ dpkg --list| grep "^ii" ii acpi-support 0.136 scripts for handling many ACPI events ii acpid 1.0.10-5ubuntu2 Advanced Configuration and [...]

dpkg –set-selections: Clone your Ubuntu Machine (package state)

Joys of Programming — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:14:55 +0000

If you want to clone another machine in a similar way as one of your other machine, you can make use of dpkg command. What does cloning mean? Cloning a machine means installing the same packages (sometimes even settings) as found in the source machine. dpkg allows you to get the current state of your [...]

Remove all packages marked as rc by dpkg

Joys of Programming — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:52:02 +0000

Let’s see all the packages marked as rc by dpkg. Know more about the state rc. This state means that the configuration files are not yet removed. You can see how a single package can be removed. $ dpkg --list |grep "^rc" rc bsh 2.0b4-10ubuntu2 Java scripting environment (BeanShell) Versi rc devicekit-disks 007-2ubuntu6 abstraction for [...]

dpkg –get-selections: Get the Current State of Your Ubuntu/Debian machine

Joys of Programming — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:10:05 +0000

dpkg can be used for a variety of purposes. It can be used to install and remove packages. But one of the best feature which you can use is to save the current state of your machine. What is current state of your machine? You may be wondering what does the current state means. Your [...]