This program parses the APT lists for source packages and the dpkg status file and then lists every package with a higher version number than the one installed.
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Recursively lists package dependencies Using apt-rdepends
apt-rdepends searches through the APT cache to find package dependencies. apt-rdepends knows how to emulate the result of calling apt-cache with both depends and dotty options.
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Put an unpacked .deb file back together Using dpkg-repack
dpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a Debian package that has already been installed on your system. If any changes have been made to the package while it was unpacked (ie, files in /etc modified),the new package will inherit the changes.
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Replace binaries and Files with dpkg-divert
File `diversions’ are a way of forcing dpkg not to install a file into its location, but to a `diverted’ location. Diversions can be used through the Debian package scripts to move a file away when it causes a conflict. System administrators can also use it to override some package’s configuration file, or whenever some […]
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