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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.

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 ...