How To Install Dlocate?

How To Install Dlocate?

dlocate

fast alternative to dpkg -L and dpkg -S

Maintainer: Craig Sanders


Section: utils

Install dlocate

  • Debian apt-get install dlocate Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install dlocate Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install dlocate Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install dlocate Click to copy

dlocate

fast alternative to dpkg -L and dpkg -S

Uses GNU grep and text dumps of dpkg's data to greatly speed up finding out which package a file belongs to (i.e. a very fast dpkg -S). Many other uses, including options to view all files in a package, calculate disk space used, view and check md5sums, list man pages, etc.

Installing dlocate command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of dlocate 2024 package in your OS.