On Friday, 7. September 2007 13:32, Erik Persson wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to figure out how to verify the files installed from a > package by apt-get, ie I have installed a package A and want to verify > that the files installed from the package are correct at some later > time. Thus some process could have changed some of the files after I > installed them, so the checking that is done at install time is *not* > what I'm looking for. extract control from the deb-package (into working directory): % dpkg-deb -e package.deb You'll get a dir/file named 'DEBIAN/md5sums' which contains (you guessed right!) the md5sums of the files in the package. You can compare the md5sums agains your current files % cd / % md5sum -c /path/to/the/DEBIAN/md5sums
> A related question. If I want to check that a package (in the archive - > /var/cache/apt/archives) is correct compared to the same package located > on a repository. How do I do this in the simplest way. I assume that > md5sum is correct. > > Thanks in advanced, > > Erik. I don't know if this is the easiest but it works for me: % md5sum package.deb % apt-cache show package | grep -i md5sum The apt-cache show will list many entries if you have multiple versions available for installation (like stable/testing/unstable) -- -=[JT]=- Alimony and bribes will engage a large share of your wealth. PGP Public key http://users.utu.fi/jukatu/juha_tuuna_utu.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
