dpkg

Install command:
brew install dpkg

Debian package management system

https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/dpkg.json

Formula code: dpkg.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 1.23.11

Depends on:

gettext 1.0 GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library
gnu-tar 1.35 GNU version of the tar archiving utility
gpatch 2.8 Apply a diff file to an original
libmd 1.2.0 Message Digest functions from BSD systems
perl 5.44.0 Highly capable, feature-rich programming language
xz 5.8.4 General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio

Depends on when building from source:

pkgconf 3.0.7 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit
po4a 0.74 Documentation translation maintenance tool

Uses from macOS: bzip2

Binaries: dpkg, dpkg-architecture, dpkg-buildapi, dpkg-buildflags, dpkg-buildpackage, dpkg-buildtree, dpkg-checkbuilddeps, dpkg-deb, dpkg-distaddfile, dpkg-divert, dpkg-genbuildinfo, dpkg-genchanges, dpkg-gencontrol, dpkg-gensymbols, dpkg-maintscript-helper, dpkg-mergechangelogs, dpkg-name, dpkg-parsechangelog, dpkg-query, dpkg-realpath, dpkg-scanpackages, dpkg-scansources, dpkg-shlibdeps, dpkg-source, dpkg-split, dpkg-statoverride, dpkg-trigger, dpkg-vendor, update-alternatives

This installation of dpkg is not configured to install software, so
commands such as `dpkg -i`, `dpkg --configure` will fail.

Analytics:

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Installs4531,5089,704
Installs (--HEAD)1411
Installs on Request4291,4459,338
Installs on Request (--HEAD)1411
Build Errors1