Listing package contents

[Jayson Vaughn]

On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 09:07 +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> Hi there,
>  
> I would like to know how do I list the list of installed files of a
> specific package (before and after installation), in the console.
>  
> I tried searching the apt-get and apt-cache man pages - but couldn't
> find it...
>  
> Thanks!
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Hello,
You can install apt-file by typing in a terminal "sudo apt-get install
apt-file".  Be sure to "sudo apt-file update" and then you can "sudo
apt-file search <package>".  This will display to you the details of the
package including which files and where they go.

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