tldr/pages/linux/dpkg-query.md

dpkg-query

Display information about installed packages. More information: https://manned.org/dpkg-query.1.

• List all installed packages:

dpkg-query {{[-l|--list]}}

• List installed packages matching a pattern:

dpkg-query {{[-l|--list]}} '{{libc6*}}'

• List all files installed by a package:

dpkg-query {{[-L|--listfiles]}} {{libc6}}

• Show information about a package:

dpkg-query {{[-s|--status]}} {{libc6}}

• Search for packages that own files matching a pattern:

dpkg-query {{[-S|--search]}} {{/etc/ld.so.conf.d}}