dpkg

medium-level package manager for Debian
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dpkg

Summary

dpkg is a system-level package manager[1]. dpkg draws 131 Wikipedia views per month (system_level_package_manager category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • dpkg's image is recorded as Screenshot-dpkg-reconfigure-locales-default-debian-etch-el.png[3].
  • dpkg's instance of is recorded as system-level package manager[4].
  • dpkg's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • dpkg's item operated is recorded as deb[6].
  • dpkg's item operated is recorded as Debian source control file[7].
  • dpkg's movement is recorded as free software movement[8].
  • Q7715973 is named after dpkg[9].
  • dpkg's developer is recorded as The Debian Project[10].
  • dpkg's developer is recorded as Ian Murdock[11].
  • dpkg's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[12].
  • dpkg's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • dpkg's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[14].
  • dpkg's programmed in is recorded as Q42478[15].
  • dpkg's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[16].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.16.15[17].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.16.16[18].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.19.7[19].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.21.8[20].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.20.12[21].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.21.22[22].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.22.0[23].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.22.1[24].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.22.2[25].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.22.4[26].
  • dpkg's software version identifier is recorded as 1.22.5[27].

Body

Publication

dpkg's publication date is recorded as +1994-01-01T00:00:00Z[28]. dpkg's part of is recorded as Q7715973[29].

Subject and Themes

dpkg's movement is recorded as free software movement[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

StopAlop inspired dpkg[30].

Why It Matters

dpkg draws 131 Wikipedia views per month (system_level_package_manager category, ranking #3 of 3).[2] dpkg has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] dpkg is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . alioth.debian.org. alioth.debian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . metadata.ftp-master.debian.org. Retrieved . metadata.ftp-master.debian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . git.dpkg.org. Retrieved . git.dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . dpkg.org. dpkg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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