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

T. Joseph CARTER knghtbrd at bluecherry.net
Tue Aug 24 21:51:20 PDT 2004


On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:55:27AM -0700, Hal Pomeranz 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.

debsums is what you want.  It's a seperate package.



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