dpkg-deb

Pack, unpack and provide information about Debian archives.

• Display information about a package:

dpkg-deb --info {path/to/file.deb}

• Display the package's name and version on one line:

dpkg-deb --show {path/to/file.deb}

• List the package's contents:

dpkg-deb --contents {path/to/file.deb}

• Extract package's contents into a directory:

dpkg-deb --extract {path/to/file.deb} {path/to/directory}

• Create a package from a specified directory:

dpkg-deb --build {path/to/directory}

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