Ubuntu dpkg useful one liners
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Just a little cheat sheet for dpkg
List files in package
$ dpkg -L remmina /. /usr /usr/share /usr/share/menu /usr/share/menu/remmina /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man1/remmina.1.gz /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/remmina /usr/share/doc/remmina/copyright /usr/share/doc/remmina/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/bin /usr/bin/remmina
See installed packages
$ dpkg --get-selections | head account-plugin-aim install account-plugin-facebook install account-plugin-flickr install account-plugin-google install account-plugin-icons install account-plugin-identica install account-plugin-jabber install account-plugin-salut install account-plugin-twitter install
Install packages from machine A to machine B
(A)
dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt
copy packages.txt to machine B
(B)
dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt sudo apt-get -u dselect-upgrade