[[http://f.javier.io/public/books/debian-handbook.pdf|The debian administrator's handbook, Raphael Hertzog, Roland Mas, 2015]]

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====== Repackage software the quick & dirty way ======

  dpkg --unpack pkg.deb
  dpkg --configure pkg.deb

====== Fix conflicts the hard way ======

  /var/lib/dpkg/status 
  
  dpkg -S /bin/foo == apt-file search /bin/foo
  
  dpkg -l => just list the installed pkgs
  dpkg -l "pattern" => list every pkg that matches de pattern included the non installed
  
  dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.0pre lt 1.2.0-1
  dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.0~pre lt 1.2.0-1

  wnpp-alert / print out all the packages installed on the system you're running which are orphaned.

  //requiere deb-src
  debcheckout pkg
  debcheckout repository-url

  fakeroot deb-reversion -k hook pkg.deb
    pkglocal.deb

====== Fake pkgs ======

  * equivs-control file
  * equivs-build file