#packages

6 one-liners with this tag.

Compare installed and available package versions

$apt-cache policy nginx

harmlessDebian and APT

Find modified package configuration files

harmlessDebian and APT

Find the package that provides a file not yet installed

$apt-file search bin/mysqldump

harmlessDebian and APT

Find which installed package a file belongs to

$dpkg -S /usr/bin/curl

harmlessDebian and APT

List installed packages sorted by size

$dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\n' | sort -rn | head -n 20

harmlessDebian and APT

Show available package updates

#apt update && apt list --upgradable

harmlessDebian and APT