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Package: dpkg (1.15.4ubuntu2) [essential]

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Maintainer:

Please consider filing a bug or asking a question via Launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.

Original Maintainers (usually from Debian):

  • Dpkg Developers (Mail Archive)
  • Frank Lichtenheld
  • Guillem Jover
  • Raphael Hertzog

It should generally not be necessary for users to contact the original maintainer.

External Resources:

Similar packages:

Debian package management system

This package provides the low-level infrastructure for handling the installation and removal of Debian software packages.

For Debian package development tools, install dpkg-dev.

Other Packages Related to dpkg

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: coreutils (>= 5.93-1)
    The GNU core utilities
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.8)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: lzma
    Compression method of 7z format in 7-Zip program
    also a virtual package provided by xz-utils
  • sug: apt
    Advanced front-end for dpkg

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 2,119.7 kB6660 kB [list of files]
i386 2,097.5 kB6636 kB [list of files]