dpkg-deb — Pack, unpack, and provide information about Debian archives. More information: <https://manned.org/d

Display information about a package

dpkg-deb {{[-I|--info]}} {{path/to/file.deb}}

Display the package's name and version on one line

dpkg-deb {{[-W|--show]}} {{path/to/file.deb}}

List the package's contents

dpkg-deb {{[-c|--contents]}} {{path/to/file.deb}}

Extract package's contents into a directory

dpkg-deb {{[-x|--extract]}} {{path/to/file.deb}} {{path/to/directory}}

Create a package from a specified directory

dpkg-deb {{[-b|--build]}} {{path/to/directory}}