[Eug-lug] Debian equivalent of rpm -V?

[Timothy Bolz]

I think your looking for the comand dpkg.  You can do a man dpkg to find out 
a little more about the command.  I use aptitude for Debian It's wonderful.  
Apt-get install aptitude and try it out.  I think you'll be impressed.  

Tim


On Tuesday 24 August 2004 01:55 pm, you wrote:
> For various reasons, I'm experimenting with Debian these days and
> trying to get the hang of it after using mostly RedHat for my Linux
> needs.  I don't want to open a religious war on .rpm vs .deb, but is
> there a dpkg or apt-* equivalent of "rpm -V"?  For those who haven't
> experienced the joy (*ahem*) of rpm, "rpm -V" compares the installed
> version of the files in a package against what the RPM database thinks
> they should look like.  This includes checking things like the file
> size, time stamps, permissions/ownerships, and an MD5 checksum on the
> file.  You can use it like a quick and dirty integrity checking tool,
> ala AIDE or Tripwire.