How to Manage Debian Packages Using Debian Goodies Utilities
Steps to utilize 8 Useful ‘ Debian Goodies Utilities’ for the Management of Debian Packages
Debian-goodies package includes toolbox-style utilities. It is used to manage Debian based systems. Methods of using ' Debian Goodies Utilities’ are discussed in this article.
Installation of Debian-goodies in Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint
Execute the below command to install Debian-goodies package:
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install debian-goodies -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
debian-goodies
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Setting up debian-goodies (0.64) ...
Check out usage of all the package utilities.
Methods of Using Debian-Goodies Utilities
Utilization of dglob
It generates a list of files or package names. Execute dglob for the generation of all package names:
root@linuxhelp:~# dglob
fonts-sil-abyssinica
libatk-adaptor
libvorbisfile3
libquadmath0
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python-ldb
libxcb-xkb1
libavahi-core7
Execute dglob to check whether the package exists on your system.
root@linuxhelp:~# dglob firefox unity-scope-firefoxbookmarks firefox root@linuxhelp:~# dglob samba samba-libs python-samba samba-common samba-common-bin root@linuxhelp:~# dglob debian-goodies debian-goodies
Use the -f option to print a list of all files in the package.
root@linuxhelp:~# dglob -f firefox
/usr/share/unity/scopes/web/firefoxbookmarks.scope
/usr/share/unity-scopes/firefoxbookmarks/unity_firefoxbookmarks_daemon.py
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/usr/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/syspref.js
/usr/bin/firefox
/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png
Utilization of dgrep Utility
Use the -e option for specifying a pattern
root@linuxhelp:~# dgrep -e README apache2
/usr/sbin/apache2ctl: echo Setting ulimit failed. See README.Debian for more information. > & 2
/usr/sbin/a2enmod: info( " See /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz on "
/etc/apache2/mods-available/autoindex.conf: AddIcon /icons/hand.right.gif README
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/usr/share/apache2/icons/README: README file in a directory.
/usr/share/apache2/icons/README.html:such as a README file in a directory.
Use the -l option for printing the name of input files, from which output to be printed.
root@linuxhelp:~# dgrep -l conf apache2
/usr/sbin/a2query
/usr/sbin/apache2ctl
/usr/sbin/a2enmod
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/usr/share/apache2/error/README
/usr/share/apache2/default-site/index.html
/usr/share/apache2/icons/README
/usr/share/apache2/icons/README.html
Use the -o option, for displaying only matched parts of a matching line:
root@linuxhelp:~# dgrep -o conf apache2
/usr/sbin/a2query:conf
/usr/sbin/a2query:conf
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/usr/share/apache2/default-site/index.html:conf
/usr/share/apache2/icons/README:conf
/usr/share/apache2/icons/README.html:conf
Utilization of dpigs Utility
Execute the following command for finding out the packages that consumes the most space on your system.
root@linuxhelp:~# dpigs
158762 linux-image-extra-4.2.0-16-generic
122884 libreoffice-core
104722 linux-firmware
104458 firefox
91225 thunderbird
90036 libgl1-mesa-dri
88424 liboxideqtcore0
82523 libreoffice-common
65789 linux-headers-4.2.0-16
63018 ubuntu-docs
Inorder to read size of the package in a human-readable format, utilize the -H option.
root@linuxhelp:~# dpigs -H
155.0M linux-image-extra-4.2.0-16-generic
120.0M libreoffice-core
102.3M linux-firmware
102.0M firefox
89.1M thunderbird
87.9M libgl1-mesa-dri
86.4M liboxideqtcore0
80.6M libreoffice-common
64.2M linux-headers-4.2.0-16
61.5M ubuntu-docs
Utilize the -n option, for specifying a given number of packages.
root@linuxhelp:~# dpigs -H -n 30
155.0M linux-image-extra-4.2.0-16-generic
120.0M libreoffice-core
102.3M linux-firmware
102.0M firefox
89.1M thunderbird
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22.0M git
21.6M gcc-5
20.3M humanity-icon-theme
19.4M cpp-5
18.5M onboard-data
17.7M samba-libs
Utilize the -h option, for seeking help in using dpigs
root@linuxhelp:~# dpigs -h
Usage: dpigs [options]
Options:
-n, --lines=N
Display the N largest packages on the system (default 10).
-s, --status=status-file
Use status-file instead of the default dpkg status file.
-S, --source
Display the largest source packages of binary packages installed
on the system.
-H, --human-readable
Display package sizes in human-readable format (like ls -lh or du -h)
-h, --help
Display this message.
Utilization of debget Utility
debget utility is used to fetch .deb files for any packages. Here, we are getting .deb files for samba and zip packages.
root@linuxhelp:~# debget samba (samba -> 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.15.10.2) (samba -> 2:4.1.17+dfsg-4ubuntu2) Downloading samba from http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/samba_4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.15.10.2_amd64.deb % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 885k 100 885k 0 0 72563 0 0:00:12 0:00:12 --:--:-- 84787 root@linuxhelp:~# debget zip (zip -> 3.0-11) Downloading zip from http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zip/zip_3.0-11_amd64.deb % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 154k 100 154k 0 0 159k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 159k root@linuxhelp:~# dir -h1 Desktop samba_2%3a4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.15.10.2_amd64.deb tar_1.27.1-2_amd64.deb zip_3.0-11_amd64.deb
Utilization of debmany Utility
To use kdg-open GNOME/KDE/Xfce desktop environment, utilize -x option
root@linuxhelp:~# debmany -x tar
To use kfmclient in a KDE desktop environment, select the -k option:
root@linuxhelp:~# debmany -k tar
To use gnome-open in a GNOME desktop environment, utilize -g option:
root@linuxhelp:~# debmany -g tar
Utilization of checkrestart Utility
Utilize the -a option, to list all the processes running old version.
root@linuxhelp:~# checkrestart -a
lsof: WARNING: can' t stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
Found 23 processes using old versions of upgraded files
(21 distinct programs)
(18 distinct packages)
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policykit-1-gnome:
1851 /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
Utilize the -p option, to specifying only process deleted files.
root@linuxhelp:~# checkrestart -p
lsof: WARNING: can' t stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
Found 0 processes using old versions of upgraded files
Utilization of popbugs Utility
If you execute popbugs for the first time, you will receive a message as below:
root@linuxhelp:~# popbugs
There is no popularity-contest data present on your system. This probably means that popularity-contest has not yet run since it was installed. Try waiting for /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest to collect some data or manually run (as root user)
/usr/sbin/popularity-contest > /var/log/popularity-contest
Execute the below command for the generation of the popularity-contest log
root@linuxhelp:~# /usr/sbin/popularity-contest > /var/log/popularity-contest
Utilize the &ndash output=/path/to/file option for storing output in a file.
root@linuxhelp:~# popbugs --output=/tmp/output.html
Open the file from the web browser, to view the output file.
Utilize the -d option for displaying debugging information.
root@linuxhelp:~# popbugs -d
POPCON: Adding package xserver-xorg-video-vmware
POPCON: Adding package wpasupplicant
POPCON: Adding package upower
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POPCON: Adding package gsettings-desktop-schemas
POPCON: Adding package libaudio2
POPCON: Adding package ubuntu-docs
Utilization of which-pkg-broke Utility
Execute the below command for finding out the packages which have broken samba.
root@linuxhelp:~# which-pkg-broke samba
Package samba has no install time info
Package libtextwrap1 has no install time info
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samba-common Tue Mar 29 11:51:24 2016
libssl1.0.0:amd64 Tue Mar 29 11:51:33 2016
initscripts Tue Mar 29 11:51:36 2016
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