query: What is the purpose of '/var/lib/dpkg/available' file in Ubuntu/Debian?
positive_passages.docid: 98903
positive_passages.text: How to recreate /var/lib/dpkg/status?
negative_passages.docid: 77275
negative_passages.text: How is the authenticity of Debian packages guaranteed?
negative_passages.docid: 32389
negative_passages.text: "cannot access archive: No such file or directory" when installing a package using dpkg
negative_passages.docid: 95544
negative_passages.text: Where can I find the configure options used to build a package?
negative_passages.docid: 19087
negative_passages.text: How do I recreate a deleted '/var/lib/dpkg' directory?
negative_passages.docid: 94603
negative_passages.text: Where are packages stored installed with APT in Ubuntu 16.04?
negative_passages.docid: 133774
negative_passages.text: Save *.deb files from var/cache/apt/archives folder for future installation
negative_passages.docid: 28176
negative_passages.text: How do I recover from accidentally removing dpkg?
negative_passages.docid: 73053
negative_passages.text: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
negative_passages.docid: 66694
negative_passages.text: Is there an apt command to download a deb file from the repositories to the current directory?
negative_passages.docid: 74227
negative_passages.text: dpkg error when using apt-get install
negative_passages.docid: 151411
negative_passages.text: How can I know if a virtual package is "installed" on a Debian system?
negative_passages.docid: 68723
negative_passages.text: How to know the source repository of a package in debian?
negative_passages.docid: 7923
negative_passages.text: Difference between `dpkg -i` and `apt-get install`
negative_passages.docid: 43579
negative_passages.text: I cannot install new packages: "Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock"
negative_passages.docid: 2777
negative_passages.text: "dpkg was interrupted error" when installing any application
negative_passages.docid: 32186
negative_passages.text: dpkg-deb: error: archive ... has premature member 'control.tar.xz' before 'control.tar.gz', giving up