

The Debian package "dpkg-dev" includes the numerous build tools described below. The install-info program used to be included as well, but was later removed as it is now developed and distributed separately.

It also includes the programs such as update-alternatives and start-stop-daemon. The Debian package "dpkg" provides the dpkg program, as well as several other programs necessary for run-time functioning of the packaging system, including dpkg-deb, dpkg-split, dpkg-query, dpkg-statoverride, dpkg-divert and dpkg-trigger. Frontends for APT, like aptitude ( ncurses) and synaptic ( GTK), are used for their friendlier interfaces. APT (Advanced Package Tool), a higher-level tool, is more commonly used than dpkg as it can fetch packages from remote locations and deal with complex package relations, such as dependency resolution. deb packages.ĭpkg (Debian Package) itself is a low-level tool.

dpkg is used to install, remove, and provide information about. Dpkg is the software at the base of the package management system in the free operating system Debian and its numerous derivatives.
