dpkg, apt and Other Frontend Tools
Explore the core Debian package management tools like dpkg and apt. Understand how dpkg handles low-level package tasks while apt and related tools manage dependencies, installation, and package searching to streamline software management.
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The dpkg tool
Debian uses a low-level tool called dpkg to install and uninstall packages, query the package database (to list installed packages, for example), and so on.
dpkg validates that package dependencies are ...