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Commands tagged Debian

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dpkg -S $( which ls )
2011-02-09 10:28:58
User: foolano
Functions: ls which
Tags: Debian dpkg
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Find the package a command belongs to on Debian
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dpkg -l python
2011-01-05 06:15:13
User: hackerb9
Tags: Debian grep dpkg apt-cache
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Check if a package is installed. If it is, the version number will be shown.

If the first two letters are "ii", then the package is installed. You can also use wildcards. For example,

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dpkg -l openoffice*

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Note that dpkg will usually not report packages which are available but uninstalled. If you want to see both which versions are installed and which versions are available, use this command instead:

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apt-cache policy python
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ar -x package.deb
2010-12-17 14:13:25
User: gerard
Functions: ar
Tags: Debian package ar
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extract content of a Debian package
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awk '{if ($1 ~ /Package/) p = $2; if ($1 ~ /Installed/) printf("%9d %s\n", $2, p)}' /var/lib/dpkg/status | sort -n | tail
2010-12-14 14:59:42
User: gb38
Functions: awk sort
Tags: Debian sort sed dpkg
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List your largest installed packages (on Debian/Ubuntu)
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aptitude remove $(dpkg -l|awk '/^ii linux-image-2/{print $2}'|sed 's/linux-image-//'|awk -v v=`uname -r` 'v>$0'|sed 's/-generic//'|awk '{printf("linux-headers-%s\nlinux-headers-%s-generic\nlinux-image-%s-generic\n",$0,$0,$0)}')
2010-12-11 11:38:15
User: __
Functions: awk sed
Tags: Debian Linux awk grep kernel dpkg aptitude
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Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

Note the double space: "...^ii␣␣linux-image-2..."

Like 5813, but fixes two bugs: [1]This leaves the meta-packages 'linux-headers-generic' and 'linux-image-generic' alone so that automatic upgrades work correctly in the future. [2]Kernels newer than the currently running one are left alone (this can happen if you didn't reboot after installing a new kernel).

I'm bummed that this took 228 characters. I'd like to see a simpler version.

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supportsWrap(){ ldd `which ${1}` | grep "libwrap" &>/dev/null && return 0 || return 1; }
2010-12-01 15:22:29
User: cicatriz
Functions: grep ldd return
Tags: vim Debian ldd
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Check tcp-wrapping support

This function returns TRUE if the application supports tcp-wrapping or FALSE if not by reading the shared libraries used by this application.

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dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}' | xargs dpkg -P
2010-11-25 19:44:45
User: unixmonkey14485
Functions: awk grep xargs
Tags: Debian dpkg aptitude
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Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems
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dpkg -l | grep ^rc | cut -d' ' -f3 | xargs dpkg -P
2010-11-22 12:53:31
User: cyrusza
Functions: cut grep xargs
Tags: Debian dpkg aptitude
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Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems

Lists all packages in "rc" state and purge them one at a time.

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dlocate /path/to/file
2010-11-18 19:07:12
User: towo
Tags: Debian Ubuntu dpkg wc
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(Debian/Ubuntu) Discover what package a file belongs to

Works similar to dpkg -S, but uses the locatedb and is thus inarguably a lot faster - if the locatedb is current.

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sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://archive.offensive-security.com pwnsauce main microverse macroverse restricted universe multiverse' && wget -q http://archive.offensive-security.com/backtrack.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
2010-11-16 18:23:48
User: kzh
Functions: sudo wget
Tags: Debian
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BackTrack Repos

Add the BackTrack repositories to your Debian based GNU/Linux distribution. Thanks to http://it-john.com/home/technology/linux-technology/add-back-track-4-repo-to-ubuntu/

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aptitude purge '~c'
2010-09-13 12:15:00
User: bugmenot
Tags: Debian aptitude
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Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems

also search with aptitude search '~c'

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a
2010-07-24 19:10:13
User: vxbinaca
Functions: sudo
Tags: Debian Ubuntu packaging
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Cleanup debian/ubuntu package configurations

Sometimes, simpler is better.

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axi-cache search <searchterm>
2010-07-05 00:16:03
User: tarkasteve
Tags: Debian packaging
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A better 'apt-cache' using Xapian to rank results

A replacement for 'apt-cache' that uses a Xapian to produce ranked results. Available in 'apt-xapian-index' 0.27 and higher.

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aptitude remove ?and(~i~nlinux-(im|he) ?not(~n`uname -r`))
2010-06-11 22:57:09
User: dbbolton
Tags: Debian Linux kernel aptitude
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Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

A little aptitude magic. Note: this will remove images AND headers. If you just want to remove images: aptitude remove ?and(~i~nlinux-im ?not(~n`uname -r`))

I used this in zsh without any problems. I'm not sure how other shells will interpret some of the special characters used in the aptitude search terms. Use -s to simulate.

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aptitude purge linux-image | grep ^i | grep -v $(uname -r)
2010-06-11 22:20:42
User: lgallardo
Functions: grep uname
Tags: Debian Linux perl kernel aptitude
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Remove all unused kernels with apt-get
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perl -e 'chomp($k=`uname -r`); for (</boot/vm*>) {s/^.*vmlinuz-($k)?//; $l.="linux-image-$_ ";} system "aptitude remove $l";'
2010-06-10 22:16:47
User: dbbolton
Functions: perl
Tags: Debian Linux perl kernel aptitude
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Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

TIMTOWTDI

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aptitude remove $(dpkg -l|egrep '^ii linux-(im|he)'|awk '{print $2}'|grep -v `uname -r`)
2010-06-10 21:23:00
User: dbbolton
Functions: awk egrep grep
Tags: Debian Linux awk grep kernel dpkg aptitude
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Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

This should do the same thing and is about 70 chars shorter.

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dpkg -l 'linux-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed "s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* \([^ ]*\).*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
2010-06-10 20:33:32
User: mitzip
Functions: sed sudo xargs
Tags: Debian Ubuntu sed apt-get kernel dpkg
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Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

This will remove all installed kernels on your debian based install, except the one you're currently using.

From:

http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/12/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-1590

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apt-show-versions <packagename>
2010-06-03 15:52:11
User: Vasudev
Functions: apt
Tags: Debian
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Show a Package Version on Debian based distribution

If there is update available for the package you can see upgrade is from which version to which version. Also you will get detail about which release the package belongs to (stable/testing/sid).

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aptitude -F '%p %v#' search <pattern>
2010-06-03 15:37:27
User: unixmonkey10157
Tags: Debian
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Show a Package Version on Debian based distribution

Supports regex pattern and very flexible output parameters and search options.

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apt-cache show pkgname | grep -i "version:"
2010-06-03 00:48:39
User: emacs
Functions: apt grep
Tags: Debian
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Show a Package Version on Debian based distribution

if you don't want to show string "version?, then use awk or cut filter it: apt-cache show pkgname | grep -i "version:" | awk '{ print $2 }'

we can also use regex to search many packages and show their versions:

apt-cache search pkgregex | grep -i "version:"

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dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' package-name
2010-06-02 14:39:08
User: ohe
Tags: Debian dpkg-query
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Show a Package Version on Debian based distribution
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aptitude keep-all
2010-04-20 09:24:20
User: dooblem
Tags: Debian dpkg aptitude
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Cancel all aptitude scheduled actions

Very handy if you have done a package selection mistake in aptitude.

Note that it's better to do a Ctrl+U (undo) in aptitude if possible, because the keep-all will clear some package states (like the 'hold' state).

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sudo apt-get -o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=30 upgrade
2010-03-22 01:29:44
User: alemani
Functions: sudo
Tags: Debian Ubuntu apt apt-get bandwidth package limit
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Limit bandwidth usage by apt-get

Limits the usage of bandwidth by apt-get, in the example the command will use 30Kb/s ;)

It should work for most apt-get actions (install, update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, etc.)

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sudo aptitude update; sudo apt-get -y --print-uris upgrade | egrep -o -e "http://[^\']+" | sudo aria2c -c -d /var/cache/apt/archives -i -; sudo aptitude -y safe-upgrade
2010-02-18 16:02:29
User: freethinker
Functions: egrep sudo
Tags: Debian Ubuntu upgrade fast
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Speed up upgrades for a debian/ubuntu based system.

Please install aria2c before you try the above command. On ubuntu the command to install aria2c would be:

sudo aptitude install aria2
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