Debian-goodies is a package that includes toolbox-style utilities used to manage Debian and its derivative systems such as Ubuntu, Kali Linux. The utilities under this package are developed in such a way to combine with many recognized shell tools and others are included because they cannot be developed as their own packages on Debian-based Linux distributions.
8 Debian Goodies Utilities to Manage Debian Packages
Let’s see the description of each tool below:
- dglob – Produce a list of package names which match a pattern
- dgrep – Search all files in given packages for a regex
- dpigs – Display which installed packages taken the most disk space
- debget – Obtain a .deb for a package in APT’s database
- debmany – Choose manpages of installed or removed packages
- checkrestart – Finds and restart processes which are using outdated versions of upgraded files
- popbugs – Show a customized release-critical bug report based on packages you use
- which-pkg-broke – Catch which package might have broken another
These are very useful utilities that can make System Administration a lot more easy when used with other shell tools. In-fact, Debian-goodies tool shows more information about packages than standard tools such as dpkg and apt tools.
Read Also: Learn 15 dpkg commands and 25 apt-get commands to manage packages in Debian and it’s derivatives.
How to Install Debian-goodies in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint
To install debian-goodies package, run this command below.
Install Debian Goodies
Once debian-goodies package has been installed, it’s now time to check out usage of each utility provided by this package in the rest of the article.
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