{"id":5316,"date":"2023-02-15T12:50:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=5316"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:20:18","slug":"howto-see-contents-of-a-deb-debian-ubuntu-package-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/howto-see-contents-of-a-deb-debian-ubuntu-package-file\/","title":{"rendered":"HowTo: See Contents of A .DEB Debian \/ Ubuntu Package File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To see the contents of a .deb Debian\/Ubuntu package file, you can use the <code>dpkg-deb<\/code> command. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open a terminal on your Debian or Ubuntu system.<\/li>\n<li>Change to the directory containing the .deb package file. For example, if the package file is in the Downloads directory, run the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">cd<\/span> ~\/Downloads<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Use the <code>dpkg-deb<\/code> command to view the contents of the .deb package file. For example, to see the contents of the package file <code>example.deb<\/code>, run the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-r\">dpkg<span class=\"hljs-operator\">-<\/span>deb <span class=\"hljs-operator\">-<\/span><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">c<\/span> example.deb<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This will display a list of all the files contained in the package, along with their permissions, ownership, and size.<\/p>\n<p>If you also want to see information about the package itself, such as its name, version, and maintainer, you can use the <code>dpkg-deb<\/code> command with the <code>-I<\/code> option. For example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-css\">dpkg-deb -<span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">I<\/span> example<span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.deb<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This will display information about the package in addition to its contents.<\/p>\n<p>Note that to view the contents of a .deb package file, you need to have root privileges, so you may need to run these commands with <code>sudo<\/code> or as the root user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To see the contents of a .deb Debian\/Ubuntu package file, you can use the dpkg-deb command. Here&#8217;s how: Open a terminal on your Debian or Ubuntu system. Change to the directory containing the .deb package file. 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