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Where a package puts its files

dpkg -L, dpkg -S and dpkg -l: what a package installed, which package owns a given file, and why an edit under /usr vanishes while the same edit under /etc makes apt stop and ask.

18 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 3 Aug 2026

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What this lesson builds

  • Installing software, updating it, and editing the file that is yours
  • Saying what an output proves, and what it leaves open

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