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Alvin Lucillo

List installed files by DEB package

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linux

Suppose you installed an app like chrome, how would you check the related files of this package?

Installation: sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

First, find the name of the installed app.

dpkg -l | grep chrome
iU  google-chrome-stable               138.0.7204.92-1                         amd64        The web browser from Google

Then, use the command: dpkg -L app-name

dpkg -L google-chrome-stable
/.
/etc
/etc/cron.daily
/opt
/opt/google
/opt/google/chrome
/opt/google/chrome/CHROME_VERSION_EXTRA
/opt/google/chrome/MEIPreload
/opt/google/chrome/MEIPreload/manifest.json
/opt/google/chrome/MEIPreload/preloaded_data.pb
...