Submitted by ggarron on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 10:05
Debian uses .deb binary packages and you manually install and uninstall them using dpkg tool.
dpkg has lots of options but maybe the most important or used ones are:
- -i
- Installs and configures a package
- -r
- Removes the package but keeps the configuration files on your systems, thus you may reinstall it later and does not need to configure it again
- -p
- Purges a package, meaning it will remove the package and also all configuration files
How to use it
- To install a .deb package
sudo dpkg -i package.deb
- To uninstall a .deb package
sudo dpkg -r package
- To purge a .deb package
sudo dpkg -p package
And if possible use apt-get to install the app instead of dpkg.
Its true about yum - not sure about dpkg.
It is always better to use apt-get or aptitude
Yes you are right, it is always better to use apt-get (aptitude better yet), than dpkg
Guillermo Garron