How Do Debian Packages Work?
Contents a Debian Package Contains Metadata and Files. the Metadata Contains the Package Name, Description, a List of Dependencies, and More. the Files Are...
A Debian package contains metadata and files. The metadata contains the package name, description, a list of dependencies, and more. The files are extracted into the filesystem root (/), so the file paths in a package are absolute paths.
What is in a Debian package?
A Debian “package”, or a Debian archive file, contains the executable files, libraries, and documentation associated with a particular suite of program or set of related programs. Normally, a Debian archive file has a filename that ends in . deb .
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Where do Debian packages get installed?
Debian already comes with pre-approved sources to get packages from and this is how it installs all the base packages you see on your system (if a user did a net-install). On a Debian system, this sources file is the “/etc/apt/sources.
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