What Is DPKG Manager on Ubuntu?

There are multiple packages are present in the Linux-based different distro’s Operating System. So to manage, to install, to remove we need Ubuntu Package Manager. There are many package managers present eg. APT, DPKG, Aptitude, and many more. Here we used Ubuntu DPKG Manager.

There are multiple packages present in the Linux-based Operating System. So DPKG is a package management system used in Debian-based Linux Operating System. Ubuntu DPKG Package is a tool that allows users to install, remove, and manage individual software packages that are in the DEB File Format.

Installation of Software varies from different operating systems. The process to install applications in OS is different in Windows, Linux, and MacOS. On Linux and MacOS, software installation depends upon the Terminal of the OS. For the Linux Operating System, Extract Ubuntu DEB File is necessary to Install Software on Terminal.

When we want any software installed into the Ubuntu Operating System we download the Linux DEB File which supports Ubuntu or Debian Linux. Once the DEB file is downloaded, we can easily install it using the DPKG Package Manager in the terminal. We can install it using multiple methods such as APT Package Manager.

In this article, we will visualize the steps needed to Open Ubuntu DEB File using Terminal along with Software Centre.

Quick Preview to Extract DEB File on Ubuntu:

1. Open the downloaded DEB File.
2. Click on the install to extract and download the file.
3. Or on the Linux Terminal, execute the command dpkg -i <filename>.deb to extract the file.