Ways to find a list of the files installed from a .deb file.

An example.
Teapot – Table Editor And Planner- is a spreadsheet for the console.
Not in the regular debian repository, 'tho.

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To find out that its html and pdf manuals were put in /usr/share/doc/teapot, and more:

1.- Use dpkg -L <the package-name>, eg “teapot” ...capital ‘ell’, no quotes.

2.- Use dpkg -c <the .deb file name> eg “Teapot-2.2.0-Linux-x86.deb” ...no quotes.

3- Use synaptic, if you have it, to view.

4- Use MC (press F3), if you have the .deb on hand.

5.- Go to packages.debian.org (if they have the package), find your .deb, look for “Files” at bottom left.

6.- Use - deb-gview - a gui Gnome viewer for .deb package files and contents “do not need to be installed to be viewed.”

7.- Use - packagesearch - a gui “find ... browse and explore your packages .... not meant to be a package managment tool like synaptic, though it is capable of installing individual packages”. Include apt-file"apt-file is a command line tool for searching files contained in packages", if you like.

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“A Concise apt-get - dpkg primer for new Debian users All about Linux” gives eg:
Dpkg -I ...capital “eye”, not i ! ...more info eg the “Depends:”.


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Also:

Rather than depending solely on apt-get or synaptic, go exploring at packages.debian.org.

Advantages are eg looking at “similar packages”.

I found out the varieties of eg dpkg and apt available.
How about:
dpkg-repack -"puts an unpacked .deb file back together”, “creates a .deb file out of a package that has already been installed",
or maybe apt-show-version .

Installing a new apt breaks synaptic?

Several times I’ve installed apps that required apt, and blithely reinstalled it along with the rest. Then found that synaptic would not start at all. Re-installing synaptic with dpkg fixed this. Maybe I had actually upgraded, since squeeze is still changing a lot as testing. Recommend having those synaptic files on hand already.

Have revised the little list above.