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Jarl
Asked: 2012-09-22 03:37:44 +0800 CST

How can I make aptitude show me the files that will be installed for a given package

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On ubuntu I would like to know which files that will be installed when running sudo aptitude install ruby-rvm.

So first I do sudo aptitude download ruby-rvm. Now I can do aptitude show ruby-rvm, but how can I get the list of files that will be installed during a sudo aptitude install ruby-rvm? something like dpkg -L ruby-rvm if I had installed it, I just want to know it before I install it.

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  1. Best Answer

    I am not sure if aptitude can do such a thing. But you can use:

    apt-file show package_name

    It will show all files which this package will install. If you would like to list all files which package contains, you can do it like this:

    apt-file list package_name

    It will list all the files located inside a package.

    If you do not have installed apt-file then use:

    apt-get install apt-file

    and update the cache (it will take some time) by:

    apt-file update


    You can also to which package specific file belongs:

    apt-file search file_name


    You can also list files in a package on this website List files in package Or you can use dpkg -L package_name (but as you mentioned, it is working on already installed packages) as mentioned by @topdog.

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  2. aptitude does not have the ability to show the files installed per package, use dpkg -L for that

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