Answer by Digger for How to list files of a Debian package without install
Well, although not exactly a way to directly list the files in a deb package, you could go to https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages, do a search for the desired package, then near the bottom of the...
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For all those people who might still googling this issue at Jan 2017, you can have some cool stuff with recent versions of apt and dpkg in Debian 8.5 without downloading anything.List Contents of Deb...
View ArticleAnswer by kenorb for How to list files of a Debian package without install
Seems it's not possible before installing it first or extracting the list from .deb file. Try the following command:dpkg --contents <(curl -s $(apt-get install --yes --no-download --reinstall...
View ArticleAnswer by notpeter for How to list files of a Debian package without install
I took @baldoz's http idea and generalized it for Ubuntu and Debian, added a little sed and wrapped it in a bash function one-liner:function deb_list () { curl -s $(lsb_release -si | sed -e 's Ubuntu...
View ArticleAnswer by readanon for How to list files of a Debian package without install
Try:apt-get download packages-namedpkg --contents *.deb
View ArticleAnswer by baldoz for How to list files of a Debian package without install
The best way would be to browse directly the package repository:https://packages.debian.org/[distro name]/all/[package...
View ArticleAnswer by alfplayer for How to list files of a Debian package without install
dpkg -c (or --contents) lists the contents of a .deb package file (It is a front-end to dpkg-deb.) dpkg -c package_file.debTo work directly with package names rather than package files, you can use...
View ArticleAnswer by Rudedog for How to list files of a Debian package without install
dpkg --contents will let you look at the uninstalled package. If the .deb is not on your system yet, do apt-get --download-only install pkgnameThe package will get downloaded to /var/cache/apt/archives...
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Use --contents instead of -L:dpkg --contents PACKAGENAMEWhen used in this manner, dpkg acts as a front-end to dpkg-deb, so use man dpkg-deb to see all the options.You can also use an archive browser to...
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This command can only list contents of installed packages, dpkg -L PACKAGENAMEbut how to list contents of a non-installed package, to preview/examine the package?
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