Skip to Content
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
book

Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
apt-cache | 597
Package
Management
This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition
Copyright © 2006 O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
dpkg-distaddfile
Add an entry for a file to debian/files. (Perl script)
dpkg-divert
Create and manage the list of diversions, used to override the default loca-
tion for installing files. (Perl script)
dpkg-genchanges
Generate an upload control file from the information in an unpacked, built
source tree and the files it has generated. (Perl script)
dpkg-gencontrol
Read information from an unpacked source tree, generate a binary package
control file (by default, debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control), and add an entry for
the binary file to debian/files. (Perl script)
dpkg-name
Rename Debian packages to their full package names. (Shell script)
dpkg-parsechangelog
Read and parse the changelog from an unpacked source tree and write the
information to standard output in machine-readable form. (Perl script)
dpkg-preconfigure
Let packages ask questions prior to installation. (Perl script)
dpkg-reconfigure
Reconfigure a package that is already installed. (Perl script)
dpkg-scanpackages
Create a Packages file from a tree of binary packages. The Packages file is
used by dselect to provide a list of packages available for installation. (Perl
script)
dpkg-shlibdeps
Calculate shared library dependencies for named executables. (Perl script)
dpkg-source
Pack and unpack Debian source archives. ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber
Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins
Linux in Action

Linux in Action

David Clinton

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596009305Catalog PageErrata