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Package: dpkg (1.14.18) [essential]

package maintenance system for Debian

This package contains the low-level commands for handling the installation and removal of packages on your system.

In order to unpack and build Debian source packages you will need to install the developers' package `dpkg-dev' as well as this one.

Tags: System Administration: Package Management, Implemented in: C, Perl, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Application Suite: Debian, Purpose: Configuration, Scanning, Works with: Packaged Software

Other Packages Related to dpkg

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: coreutils (>= 5.93-1)
    The GNU core utilities
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.3) [armel]
    GCC support library
  • sug: apt
    Advanced front-end for dpkg
  • sug: lzma
    Compression method of 7z format in 7-Zip program

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 2,204.1 kB6976 kB [list of files]
amd64 2,156.9 kB6740 kB [list of files]
arm 2,123.1 kB6636 kB [list of files]
armel 2,121.2 kB6640 kB [list of files]
hppa 2,174.9 kB6744 kB [list of files]
i386 2,104.7 kB6652 kB [list of files]
ia64 2,364.6 kB7576 kB [list of files]
mips 2,167.3 kB6972 kB [list of files]
mipsel 2,168.1 kB6960 kB [list of files]
powerpc 2,161.5 kB6780 kB [list of files]
s390 2,171.6 kB6764 kB [list of files]
sparc 2,122.6 kB6688 kB [list of files]